ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,847, issued on Feb. 4.
"Virtual peripherals for mobile devices" was invented by Elsie de la Garza Villarreal (Nampa, Idaho), Claudia A Delaney (Garden City, Idaho), Madison E. Wale (Boise, Idaho) and Bhumika Chhabra (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) supporting virtual peripherals are described. The mobile device may include a projecting component configured to project images to external surfaces outside of the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may project an image of a document on a first external surface and an image of a keyboard on a second ...