ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,640, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Exciting Technology LLC (Dayton, Ohio).
"System, method, and apparatus for high precision light beam steering using a triplet lens" was invented by Paul F. McManamon (Dayton, Ohio) and Abtin Ataei (Oakwood, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a first steering layer interposed between an electromagnetic (EM) source and an emission lens. The first steering layer includes a triplet lens having a Plano-convex lens, a Plano-concave lens, and an electro-optical (EO) crystal positioned between the lenses. The EO crystal includes transparent electrodes on each side, coupled to ...