ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,138, issued on March 24.

"Apparatus and methods for displaying three dimensional images" was invented by Michael Kaiser (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary arrangements include devices that are operable to output three-dimensional images. Such devices may utilize a matrix of relatively movable light guides. The light guides are utilized to display visual images therethrough and may also be selectively movable axially to provide three-dimensional contours to displayed images. Other exemplary arrangements may utilize a matrix of light guides or similar structures that are displaceable, to provide inputs that can be correl...