ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,444, issued on April 7, was assigned to Vuzix Corp. (West Henrietta, N.Y.).

"Head mounted display system having an interactive reticle for controlling connected devices" was invented by Brent Keller (Rochester, N.Y.), Adam C. Gogolski (Fairport, N.Y.) and Paul J. Travers (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted near-eye display system for controlling a network-connected device, including an image light guide operable to convey image-bearing light beams from an image source to an eyebox within which a virtual image can be viewed, the image source operable to form a reticle within the virtual image. A user inp...