ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,037, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BRELYON INC. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Multipurpose virtual display systems for integrated HUDs, instrument clusters, and interactive displays using internal and ambient lighting" was invented by Barmak Heshmat Dehkordi (San Mateo, Calif.), Christopher Barsi (Lee, N.H.) and Albert Redo Sanchez (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a display system comprises a set of reflective or semi-reflective elements. A display emits light such that one portion of the light travels a first path through the display system, and another portion travels a second path, which includes...