ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,495, issued on April 29, was assigned to RealD Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"Stereoscopic image apparatus" was invented by Chul Woo Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sung Ho Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Byung Gul Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stereoscopic image apparatus that is capable of minimizing loss of optical energy and improving quality of a stereoscopic image is disclosed. The stereoscopic image apparatus includes a polarizing beam splitter to reflect or transmit incident light based on polarization components of the light to split the light in at least three different directions, a reflective member...