ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,327, issued on April 7.

"Compact self-contained holographic display device" was invented by Akash Bellippady (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holographic media display device with an exterior, including multiple light-emitting displays that each configured to output images, at least one semi-transparent reflector, each reflector configured to receive images from at least one of the displays, to create a hologram display proximate the reflector, control electronics configured to store image media and transmit the image media to the light-emitting displays, and exterior user controls."

The patent was filed on Jan. 3,...