ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,697, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Eyewear with IR transparent frame" was invented by Mathias Hintermann (Culver City, Calif.), Nicholas Streets (View Park, Calif.), Choonshin You (Irvine, Calif.) and Bo Ya Zhang (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eyewear device having a frame formed of an infrared (IR) transmissive material in a continuous piece without discrete openings. IR cameras are placed behind areas of the frame designated as optical surfaces. In an example, the optical surfaces are positioned at lower corners of the frame and are angled inwardly to prevent obstructions, e.g...