ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,010, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Adeia Imaging LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Hybrid viewfinder with transparent imaging sensor" was invented by Ning Xu (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital camera and a dual-mode viewfinder are provided. The camera includes aligned components along a common axis for real-time optical viewing, quick subject capture, and digital overlay display without switching modes or viewpoints. Features include a real-time display, an optical viewfinder (OVF) experience, a graphene-based sensor, a compact design, a common axis OVF/digital viewfinder (DVF) design, dual-mode functionality, singl...