ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,821, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Universal City Studios LLC (Universal City, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for an interactive augmented reality kiosk" was invented by Howard Bruce Mall Jr. (Winter Springs, Fla.), Matthew Waller (Flowery Branch, Ga.) and Aaron Chandler Jeromin (Winter Garden, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A show effect system of an amusement park may include an enclosure, an interaction space within the enclosure, where the interaction space receives an object from outside of the enclosure, and a display system that presents imagery. The show effect system may also include a beam splitter positioned to en...