ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,515, issued on March 24, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for configuring a display device and display system" was invented by Ian Kyles (West Linn, Ore.) and Clive David Beech (Plymouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Displays, systems, and methods may be utilized in applications including, but not limited to, projectors, head-up displays, and augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and virtual reality (VR) systems or devices, such as headsets or other near-eye devices or systems. Tiled or Tile-able displays and methods, in accordance with the present invention, provide displa...