ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,151, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Two-axis scanning mirror using piezoelectric drivers" was invented by Youmin Wang (Berkeley, Calif.), Yufeng Wang (Mountain View, Calif.), Kong Yin Ho (Mountain View, Calif.) and Gary Li (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide a scanner for steering optical beams. In certain configurations, the scanner may include a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) scanning mirror independently rotatable around a first axis and a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The scanner may further include a pie...