ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,368, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to e-Vision Smart Optics Inc. (Sarasota, Fla.).

"Near-eye display with array optics" was invented by Anthony Van Heugten (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Transparent organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) can be used as light-emitting pixels in a near-eye display for augmented reality applications. The light from these pixels can be switchably tuned and/or steered with tunable beam-steering and focusing elements, also called tunable micro-lenses. These tunable micro-lenses are arranged in an array and mated to the array of pixels, for example, by embedding in a spectacle lens. The tun...