ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,155, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, N.Y.).

"Two-way augmented screen" was invented by Benchik Bayor (Far Rockaway, N.Y.), Kevin W. Brew (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Clint Jason Oteri (East Greenbush, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, computer program product, and computer system are provided for selective light dimming through a transparent surface. An orientation of a user is monitored through one or more haptic and visual sensors. Data from a camera system corresponding to a direction and an intensity of an incoming visual source, such as a light source or visual image impinge...