ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,607, issued on May 13.
"Variable transmittance sunglasses comprising a light detector and a light processing component" was invented by Manuel Fortin (Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile-Perrot, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sunglasses wearable by an intended user in presence of the sun, the sunglasses comprising: a lens support wearable by the intended user and defining a sight direction relative thereto; a pair of sunglasses lenses mounted to the lens support, the sunglasses lenses having an adjustable transmittance and being selectively configurable between least and most transmitting states, wherein the sunglasses lenses transmit more vi...