ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,928, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Displays with privacy control" was invented by Olivier C. Barthomeuf (Santa Clara, Calif.), Christopher B. Lyons (Cupertino, Calif.) and Joshua A. Spechler (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Privacy control can be provided for displays that output content for users within an enclosed space. Display systems can include sensors that detect an external illuminance of an external environment outside the enclosed space. Based on the external illuminance and the brightness output by the display, the display system can control one or more of a variety of ...