US Patent Issued to LEIA on May 27 for "Static-image augmented privacy display, mode-switchable privacy display system, and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,872, issued on May 27, was assigned to LEIA Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Static-image augmented privacy display, mode-switchable privacy display system, and method" was invented by David A. Fattal (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Thomas Hoekman (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A static-image augmented privacy display, mode-switchable privacy display system, and method provide a private image to a first view zone and a static image to a second view zone. The static-image augmented privacy display includes a privacy backlight configured to provide directional emitted light to the first view zone and an array of light valves ...