ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,031, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Optical path control apparatus and display apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Takada (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical path control apparatus includes an oscillating part. The oscillating part has an optical part on which light is made incident, a first oscillating part for supporting the optical part, and a second oscillating part for supporting the first oscillating part in an oscillatable manner by a first shaft part and being supported on a support part in an oscillatable manner by a second shaft part. The optical path control a...