ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,337, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to MAGIC LEAP INC. (Plantation, Fla.).
"Current drain reduction in AR/VR display systems" was invented by Tal Mor (Coral Springs, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, eye tracking is used on an AR or VR display system to determine if a user of the display system is blinking or otherwise cannot see. In response, current drain or power usage of a display associated with the display system may be reduced, for example, by dimming or turning off a light source associated with the display, or by configuring a graphics driver to skip a designated number of frames or reduce a refresh r...