ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,468, issued on Aug. 4.
"Virtual peripherals for mobile devices" was invented by Elsie de la Garza Villarreal (Nampa, Idaho), Claudia A. Delaney (Garden City, Idaho), Madison E. Wale (Boise, Idaho) and Bhumika Chhabra (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone) supporting virtual peripherals are described. The mobile device may include a projecting component configured to project images to external surfaces outside of the mobile device. In some cases, the mobile device may project an image of a document on a first external surface and an image of a keyboard on a second...