ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,666, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Multilayer system for creating a transitioning scene" was invented by Jessica Anne Klouda (Winter Garden, Fla.) and Daniel Mark Joseph (Windermere, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may include a first portion providing a first scene (e.g., a day scene) of an image, a second portion providing a second scene (e.g., a night scene) of the image, and means (e.g., a backlight) for transitioning the system from the first scene to the second scene. The first portion may be a first mode stack, and the second portion may be a second mode stack. The ...