US Patent Issued to Apple on Dec. 9 for "Synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,026, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Synchronized, interactive augmented reality displays for multifunction devices" was invented by Brett C. Bilbrey (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Nicholas V. King (San Jose, Calif.) and Aleksandar Pance (Saratoga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device can receive live video of a real-world, physical environment on a touch sensitive surface. One or more objects can be identified in the live video. An information layer can be generated related to the objects. In some implementations, the information layer can include annotations made by a user through the touch sensiti...