ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,475, issued on May 6, was assigned to UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Universal laser protective eyewear" was invented by Masahiro Kamei (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Tito Busani (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser eye protection device is described that includes an optically opaque screen that covers both eyes; one or more internal viewing screens on an eye-facing side of the optically opaque screen; and one or more cameras arranged around the optically opaque screen, wherein the one or more cameras are in electrical and data communication with the one or more internal viewing screens and provide a v...