ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,986, issued on July 8, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Multi-perspective three-dimensional floating image display with touch function" was invented by Thomas A. Seder (Fraser, Mich.), Kai-Han Chang (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Joseph F. Szczerba (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Manoj Sharma (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating a centrally located floating three-dimensional image display for a plurality of passengers positioned within a vehicle includes at least one display adapted to project a multiplexed image, a plurality of beam splitters, one beam splitter individually associate...