ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,184, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Eyewear electrochromic lens with multiple tint regions" was invented by Amit Singh (Los Angeles), Stephen Andrew Steger (Los Angeles) and Samuel Bryson Thompson (Downers Grove, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Eyewear having electrochromic lenses for controlling a light transmissive property/tinting for a user's eye and a camera. The electrochromic lenses have an eye region for controlling light transmission to a user's eye, and a separate camera region for controlling light transmission to a camera. Two or more electrochromic lenses are provided to indepen...