ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,155, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Light output" was invented by Ivan S. Maric (San Francisco), Darshan R. Kasar (San Francisco), Junhan Ren (San Diego), Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Forrest C. Wang (Petaluma, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable electronic device can include optical assemblies for providing visual output to a user. The optical assemblies can include a central display as well as a light track that surrounds at least a portion of the central display. Primary information and images can be provided at the central display to be received at a center region of a use...