ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,966, issued on July 8, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Optical module and display device" was invented by Toshiyuki Noguchi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Takashi Takeda (Suwa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device or optical module includes a display element that emits image light, an imaging optical system as a light guide optical device that has non-axial symmetry in a predetermined direction and forms an exit pupil by light guiding of the image light from the display element, and a light-shielding member disposed between the display element and the imaging optical system, wherein the light-shielding member has a...