ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,116, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Light-shielding member and head-mounted display" was invented by Yoshiyuki Otsuka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-shielding member that moderates the contact pressure is provided. The light-shielding member reduces external light to be incident to the eyes of a user who is wearing a head-mounted display and includes an attachment portion that is attached to a housing of the head-mounted display and a light-shielding wall extending backwardly from the attachment portion. The light-shielding wall includes at least at part thereof bello...