ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,570, issued on May 6, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERISTY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Augmented near to eye display" was invented by Brandon Hellman (Tucson, Ariz.) and Yuzuru Takashima (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile augmented reality near to eye display having one of a single chip programmed, configured, or adapted to permit user selective field of view and a variable resolution image projection, or a single image guide adapted to multiplexed full color image transfer to achieve full color, 90 degrees FOV, and retinal image resolution."

The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2020...