US Patent Issued to Enhanced Vision Systems on Aug. 4 for "Apparatus and method for reducing photophobia in electronic screens" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,337, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Enhanced Vision Systems Inc. (Clearwater, Fla.).

"Apparatus and method for reducing photophobia in electronic screens" was invented by Joel Persinger (Wesley Chapel, Fla.), Robert Steinberger (Palm Harbor, Fla.) and Joseph Kenyon (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus and method for combating light sensitivity, or photophobia, for people with low vision. Both the apparatus and method filter particular wavelengths of light associated with photophobia. This filtering is achieved while maintaining a luminance that is acceptable to the user and that maintains cont...