ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,593, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Dual system on a chip eyewear" was invented by Daniel Wagner (Vienna), Erick Mendez Mendez (Vienna), Patrick Timothy Mcsweeney Simons (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Daniel Colascione (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear including a frame having a first side and a second side, a first temple extending from the first side of the frame, a second temple extending from the second side of the frame, electronic components, a first system on a chip (SoC) adjacent the first side of the frame coupled to a first set of the electronic components, and a second syst...