ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,971, issued on June 17, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Linear pixel shifting for a non-rectilinear pixel arrangement" was invented by Daniel Adema (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative method includes displacing an optical plate in accordance with an oscillating wobulation pattern along a single rotational axis, the optical plate being positioned in front of an array of pixels having a non-rectilinear pixel arrangement. The method also includes driving the array of pixels in connection with the oscillating wobulation pattern such that: the array of pixels displays a first image while ...