ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,788, issued on April 15, was assigned to Envisics Ltd (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

"Display system and light control film therefor" was invented by Timothy Smeeton (Milton Keynes, Great Britain), Yiren Xia (Milton Keynes, Great Britain) and Celedonia Krawczyk (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display for a vehicle comprises an optical component having a reflective surface arranged, during head-up display operation, in a configuration that is conducive to sunlight glare. A light control layer is disposed on the optical component to receive sunlight on an optical path to the reflective surface. Th...