ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,584, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Hybrid passthrough augmented reality display" was invented by Ian Rickard Muldoon (Brookdale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A near-eye display system includes an image source, an occluder display, an additive display, a world-facing camera, and a process. The image source projects light including an image. The occluder display displays an occluder mask, blocking light from the real world. The additive display combines the light from the image source with the real world light not blocked by the occluder display. The world-facing camera captures a worl...