ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,309, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Amplitude and biphase control of MEMS scanning device" was invented by Michael Edward Samples (Redmond, Wash.), Mikhail Smirnov (Bellevue, Wash.), Jozef Barnabas Houben (Seattle), Damon Marlow Domjan (Seattle) and Joshua Owen Miller (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS scanning device ("Device") includes at least (1) laser projector(s) controlled by a laser drive to project a laser beam, (2) MEMS scanning mirror(s) controlled by a MEMS drive to scan the laser beam to generate a raster scan, (3) a display configured to re...