ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,682, issued on April 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices with finger sensors" was invented by Forrest C. Wang (Petaluma, Calif.) and Ritu Shah (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have an inner display that displays an image for a user through lenses. Head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and lenses. One or more external displays may be publicly viewable while the head-mounted device is being worn. The head-mounted support structures may have a front face on which an external display is mounted. One or m...