ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,814, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SCHOTT Corp. (Rye Brook, N.Y.).
"Foveal image inverter" was invented by Kevin Tabor (Webster, Mass.), Paige Higby (Holland, Mass.) and Paulette Onorato (Sudbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-conducting optical fiber bundle extends along a central bundle axis between image input and image output ends. The bundle is twisted along a portion of its length such that an image inputted into the image input end is angularly displaced about the central bundle axis before being outputted through the image output end. Each constituent optical fiber includes a cladding with a cladding diam...