ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,249, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"LED illuminated projector" was invented by David Woods (Chinnor, Great Britain) and Brennon Pennell (Canterbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projector for generating a frame of an image is disclosed, comprising an array of elements arranged in a plane, each element comprising at least three LEDs which have different respective colours, and an array of collector structures, each configured to receive light from a single LED at any one time and reduce the angle over which the LED emits light. A projector unit is configured to receive the light...