ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,394, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Holovisions (Ham Lake, Minn.).
"Augmented reality (or mixed reality) eyewear with see-through optical elements having individually-adjustable opacity/reflectivity levels" was invented by Robert A. Connor (Wyoming, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is an optical structure with a plurality of movable reflective elements. These reflective elements have first configurations which allow transmission of environmental light. These reflective elements have second configurations which block (or reduce) transmission of environmental light and which reflect light from a virtual-object disp...