ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,711, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to NGK INSULATORS Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Optical scanning element" was invented by Kentaro Tani (Miyoshi, Japan) and Jungo Kondo (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an optical scanning element, which has a large scan angle, is quickly responsive, and can be downsized. An optical scanning element according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first light-deflecting unit for emitting light to a first area; and a second light-deflecting unit for emitting the light that has been emitted to the first area to a second area wider than the first area. The first...