US Patent Issued to Holovisions on April 14 for "Augmented reality (AR) eyewear with an environment-only viewing mode and an augmented reality viewing mode" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,923, issued on April 14, was assigned to Holovisions LLC (Ham Lake, Minn.).

"Augmented reality (AR) eyewear with an environment-only viewing mode and an augmented reality viewing mode" was invented by Robert A. Connor (Wyoming, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is augmented reality eyewear with a first mode which provides a clear, bright, wide-angle environment-only view when needed and a second mode which displays an augmented reality view when needed. This eyewear can have a virtual-object-display component which pivots between being on an eyewear sidepiece (e.g. temple) and being in front of a person's eye. It a...