ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,531, issued on May 20.
"Head-mounted devices with forward facing cameras" was invented by David A. Kalinowski (Davis, Calif.) and Brian S. Lau (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure with a left side portion, a right side portion, and a transparent front portion forming a lens. The lens may extend across the front of a user's face between the left and right side portions. The lens may have a mirror coating or other optical coating that helps obscure objects on the inner side of the lens when viewed from an exterior region surrounding the head-mounted device. Left and rig...