ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,736, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Augmented reality display having multi-element adaptive lens for changing depth planes" was invented by Jason Schaefer (Parkland, Fla.), Hui-Chuan Cheng (Cooper City, Fla.), David Manly (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Jahja I. Trisnadi (Cupertino, Calif.), Clinton Carlisle (Parkland, Fla.) and Michael Anthony Klug (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, an augmented reality system includes at least one waveguide that is configured to receive and redirect light toward a user, and is further configured to allow ambient light from an environ...