ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,096, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Projector" was invented by Kaho Takeuchi (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projector has a light modulation device and a projection mechanism. The projection mechanism has a first optical system, a second optical system and a shift mechanism shifting the second optical system. The shift mechanism shifts the second optical system to a first position and a second position different from the first position in directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the second optical system."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/184,784....