ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,740, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to West Texas Technology Partners LLC (Washington).

"Method and apparatus for independent control of focal vergence and emphasis of displayed and transmitted optical content" was invented by Sleiman Itani (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include a first optic located a first distance from an optical receiver, the first optic being adapted to: receive environment content from a location in front of the first optic relative to the optical receiver; and alter a focal vergence of the environment content. The method, system, appa...