ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,688, issued on Sept. 23.

"Head-mounted electronic display device with lens position sensing" was invented by Jeremy C. Franklin (San Francisco), Jia Tao (San Jose, Calif.), Phil M. Hobson (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Stephen E. Dey (Capitola, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position...