US Patent Issued to RealD Spark on April 22 for "Anamorphic directional illumination device with selective light-guiding" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,168, issued on April 22, was assigned to RealD Spark LLC (Boulder, Colo.).

"Anamorphic directional illumination device with selective light-guiding" was invented by Michael G. Robinson (Boulder, Colo.), Graham J. Woodgate (Henley-on-Thames, Great Britain), Jonathan Harrold (Leamington Spa, Great Britain) and Austin Wilson (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anamorphic directional illumination device may provide a near-eye display apparatus or a vehicle external light device. The anamorphic near-eye display apparatus comprises a spatial light modulator with asymmetric pixels; an input transverse anamorphic lens; and an extr...