ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,160, issued on April 22, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Virtual reality system" was invented by Richard J. Topliss (Campbell, Calif.) and Alexander Shpunt (Portola Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for a virtual and/or augmented reality device may include a light emitting device that includes one or more light emitting elements configured to generate collimated light beams. A scanning mirror may include one or more microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirrors. Each MEMS mirror of the scanning mirror may be configured to dynamically tilt in at least one of two orthogonal degrees of fre...