Tekcapital PLC (LON:TEK) has announced that its wholly-owned portfolio company Lucyd Pte Ltd has appointed Ira A. Clement, a licenced optometrist, as a science advisor and that the firm has filed a new patent application.
The AIM-listed intellectual property investment group said Ira A.Clement has over 40 years of experience in the practice of optometry. He has served as past-president of the Westchester-Rockland-Putnam Optometric Society.
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Tekcapital also said that on 2 July 2018, Lucyd announced the filing of a patent application to improve the utility of Augmented Reality glasses.
The application is directed to smartglasses, with prescription lenses, and methods to control the presentation and display of information related to mobile device tasks that can be performed with these smartglasses.
Lucyd believes the new patent application may significantly enhance the ergonomics of AR glasses while maintaining a transparent interface.