ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,978, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to FYR Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Systems and methods for producing a light field from a depth map" was invented by Kyle Martin Ringgenberg (Fort Worth, Texas), Mark Andrew Lamkin (Fort Worth, Texas), Jordan David Lamkin (Fort Worth, Texas), Bryan Eugene Walter (Roanoke, Texas) and Jared Scott Knutzon (Roanoke, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes an electronic display, a computer processor, one or more memory units, and a module stored in the one or more memory units. The module is configured to access a source image stored in the one or more memory units and determine depth dat...