US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on July 8 for "Zonal lenses for a head-mounted display (HMD) device" (Arizona, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,973, issued on July 8, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Zonal lenses for a head-mounted display (HMD) device" was invented by Garret Odom (Tucson, Ariz.), Robin Sharma (Woodinville, Wash.), Neil Naples (Redmond, Wash.) and Qi Zhang (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element may include two or more zones to perform functions in a head-mounted display (HMD) device. An optical component may include a first optical zone characterized by a first sag profile to correct a refractive error of an eye of a user and a second optical zone characterized by a second sag profile to redire...