ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,059, issued on March 4, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Display for augmented reality" was invented by Mohmed Salim Valera (Abingdon, Great Britain), Sebastien De Cunsel (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Gleb Siroki (Abingdon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality device is provided and comprises a waveguide (306); an input diffractive optical element (301) positioned in or on the waveguide (306) configured to receive light from a projector and to couple the light into the waveguide (306) so that it is captured within the waveguide (306) by total internal reflection; an output diffractive op...