ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,344, issued on May 20.

"Electronic device that displays virtual objects at different apparent depths" was invented by Paulo R Jansen dos Reis (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include one or more sensors and one or more displays. The display may be configured to display virtual objects of various types. The electronic device may receive a request to display a first type of virtual object that has a location defined relative to a location corresponding to the electronic device or a user of the electronic device. In response to the request to display the first type of virtual object, the electron...