ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,384, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Magic Leap Inc. (Plantation, Fla.).

"Increased depth of field for mixed-reality display" was invented by Michael Anthony Klug (Austin, Texas), William Hudson Welch (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Jason Schaefer (Coral Springs, Fla.), Bjorn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp (Plantation, Fla.), Robert D. Tekolste (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical systems and methods for operation thereof are disclosed. A delimited zone is defined as a function of distance from the optical system based on a VAC limit, the delimited zone having at lea...