ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,995, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sphere Entertainment Group LLC (New York).

"Projecting images on a spherical venue" was invented by Michael Graae (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Deanan Dasilva (Malibu, Calif.) and Andrew Cochrane (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses disclosed herein can retrieve an image or a series of images, often referred to as video, that can be projected onto a media plane of a venue. These systems, methods, and apparatuses can transform the image from two-dimensions to three-dimensions for projection onto the media plane. As part of this transformation, these systems, methods, an...