ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,768, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas).

"Visual acuity measurement in virtual reality headset" was invented by Supriyo Sinha (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Dimitri Azar (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eye examination apparatus comprising: a virtual reality device configured to be worn on a user's head, the virtual reality device having a housing containing a lens and a display operable to display an image to an eye of the user; and a long-pass filter arranged between the lens and the eye for examining the eye's ability to see the image, the long-pass filter having a first transmission region th...