US Patent Issued to Snap on Nov. 25 for "Eyewear with non-polarizing ambient light dimming" (California, Colorado, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,184, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Eyewear with non-polarizing ambient light dimming" was invented by Vaibhav Mathur (Playa Vista, Calif.), Miller Schuck (Erie, Colo.) and Mario Matranga (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic eyewear device including a spatial dimming pixel panel within an optical assembly that delivers improved backlighting conditions for displayed images. The spatial dimming pixel panel is spatially dimmed where an image is positioned on a display, and the unoccupied area of the display is not dimmed (undimmed), thereby unaltering the real-world view th...