ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,303, issued on May 20, was assigned to Beijing Voyager Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).
"Mirror assembly for light steering" was invented by Youmin Wang (Mountain View, Calif.), Yufeng Wang (Mountain View, Calif.) and Gary Li (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, an apparatus being part of a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) module of a vehicle and comprises: a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) and a substrate, the MEMS comprising an array of micro-mirror assemblies, each micro-mirror assembly comprising: a micro-mirror; and an actuator directly connecte...