ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,001, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Waveguide optical device and near-eye display apparatus including the same" was invented by Seokil Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changkun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Geeyoung Sung (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a waveguide optical device and a near-eye display apparatus including the same. The waveguide optical device includes a waveguide that propagates light, an input coupler that inputs the light into the waveguide, and an output coupler that outputs the light propagating in the waveguide to the outside,...