ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,855, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Atlas Lens Co. (Glendale, Calif.).
"Anamorphic lens assemblies" was invented by Duane Scott Dewald (Glendale, Calif.) and Forrest Tanner Schultz (Glendale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lens assemblies according to the disclosure include an anamorphic lens component and a primary lens component. The anamorphic lens component includes cylindrical lens elements and one or more spherical lens elements disposed between the cylindrical lens elements and translatable along an optical axis of the anamorphic lens assembly with respect to the cylindrical lens elements. Optical characteristics of...