ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,653, issued on May 13, was assigned to PANAMORPH INC..
"Anamorphic optical system" was invented by Shawn L. Kelly (Colorado Springs, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pair of optical prisms arranged in a complementary relationship provides for anamorphic magnification and cooperates with a refractive or diffractive element having at least one axis of effective cylindrical curvature, wherein each at least one axis of effective cylindrical curvature and the apexes of the pair of optical prisms are all substantially parallel to one another. The refractive or diffractive element generates an aberration as a result of rotation thereo...