ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,979, issued on June 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Device and method for compensating effects of pantoscopic tilt or wrap/sweep tilt on an image presented on an augmented reality or virtual reality display" was invented by Mohmed Salim Valera (Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain) and David Louis Maxime Poussin (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device is disclosed for use in an augmented reality or virtual reality display, comprising a waveguide (12; 22; 32) and an input diffractive optical element (H0; H3; 34) positioned in or on the waveguide, configured to receive light from a projector and couple ...