ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,167, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Modifying user representations" was invented by Michael S. Hutchinson (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that generate a combined 3D representation of a user. For example, a process may include obtaining a first three-dimensional (3D) representation of a first portion of a user. The process may further include obtaining a sequence of frame-specific second 3D representations in a period of time, each of the frame-specific second 3D representations represent a second por...