ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,566, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to West Texas Technology Partners LLC (Washington).

"Method and apparatus for selective mono/stereo visual display" was invented by Mario Kosmiskas (San Mateo, Calif.), Nathan Abercrombie (Oakland, Calif.) and Sleiman Itani (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To enhance a mono-output-only controller such as a mobile OS to support selective mono/stereo/mixed output, a stereo controller is instantiated in communication with the mono controller. The stereo controller coordinates stereo output, but calls and adapts functions already present in the mono controller for creating surf...