ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,261, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Essilor International (Charenton-le-Pont, France).

"Method and system for evaluating visual acuity of a person" was invented by Stephane Boutinon (Charenton-le-pont, France), Marius Peloux (Charenton-le-pont, France), Marion Swital (Charenton-le-pont, France), Philippe Pinault (Charenton-le-pont, France) and Marie-Virginie Berbet (Charenton-le-pont, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for evaluating the visual acuity of a person using a mobile device having at least a front camera and a screen, the method including a user positioning step during which the user of a mobile device posi...