US Patent Issued to Fourier Optics on Dec. 16 for "System and method for optically combining virtual images into real world scenery" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,572, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Fourier Optics Ltd (Ramat Gan, Israel).

"System and method for optically combining virtual images into real world scenery" was invented by Shoam Shwartz (Hod Hasharon, Israel), Omri Barlev (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel), Asaf Akiva Carmel (Zichron Yaakov, Israel), Igor Tikhonenkov (Kiriat Motskin, Israel) and Uri Korogodsky (Ramat Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system is presented for use in a near-eye mixed reality system. The system comprises a relay system defining an eyebox of the optical system, said relay system being configured and operable to relay a virtual image light...