ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,070, issued on March 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Modifying display operating parameters based on light superposition from a physical environment" was invented by Anselm Grundhoefer (Campbell, Calif.) and Michael J. Rockwell (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes sensing a plurality of light superposition characteristic values associated with ambient light from a physical environment. The ambient light emanates from the physical environment towards one side of a translucent display. The plurality of light superposition characteristic values quantifies interactions with the ambient l...