US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Oct. 28 for "Pancake lens with controlled curvature" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,443, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Pancake lens with controlled curvature" was invented by Andrew John Ouderkirk (Kirkland, Wash.), Spencer Allan Wells (Seattle), Liliana Ruiz Diaz (Bothell, Wash.) and Renate Eva Klementine Landig (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example apparatus may include a display and an optical configuration configured to provide an image of a display, for example, in a head-mounted device. An example apparatus may include a display and an optical configuration including a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly. The first lens ...