ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,500, issued on May 13, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).
"Switchable view imaging system" was invented by Joshua D. Lintz (Allendale, Mich.), Kurtis L. Geerlings (Zeeland, Mich.), Xiaoxu Niu (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Matthew W. Remijn (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Adam R. Heintzelman (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Ryan B. Balili (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system may comprise a first lens and a second lens; at least one light valve; and an image sensor in optical communication with the light valve. The first lens may be in optical communication with the light valve; and the second lens may be in optical co...