ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,617, issued on July 29, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Methods for mapping an environment and related devices" was invented by Christopher J. Verplaetse (San Francisco) and Philip K. Reyneri (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more electronic devices can map an environment based on movement or location data of the one or more electronic devices within the environment. The data can be analyzed, processed, or otherwise relied on to generate a path along which one or more of the electronic devices were carried (e.g., by a user) or located at given time over the duration of time. The path and attributes...