ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,570, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for measuring visual acuity by using focus-tunable lens" was invented by Kyookeun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Harry Edward Milton (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seungjae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring a visual acuity (VA) by using a focus-tunable lens. The apparatus includes a display engine, an image combiner, a focus-tunable lens provided on a path of the light guided by the image combiner, an input device, and a processor configured to contro...