ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,416, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to University of Southern California (Los Angeles).

"Double-blinded, randomized trial of augmented reality low-vision mobility and grasp aid" was invented by Mark S. Humayun (Los Angeles) and Anastasios Angelopoulos (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality system for providing depth perspective includes a sensor system that provides spatial data of objects in a surrounding environment of a user. A computer processor system calculates spatial information of the objects from the spatial data received the sensor system. The computer processor system determines a depth-to-color...