ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,568, issued on June 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Facial interface" was invented by Paul X. Wang (Cupertino, Calif.) and Ian A. Guy (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mountable display with a light shield that can be modified to reduce the friction against softer more pliable portions of a user's face when the head-mountable display is worn by the user. The head-mountable display can also be configured to capture images of the user's face when it is worn and then create an avatar of the user's face. The avatar can be digitally adjusted to reflect an avatar that more closely aligns with th...