ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,814, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Displaying an environment from a selected point-of-view" was invented by Dan Feng (Santa Clara, Calif.), Aashi Manglik (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Adam M. O'Hern (Campbell, Calif.), Bo Morgan (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Bradley W. Peebler (Redwood City, Calif.), Daniel L. Kovacs (Los Angeles), Edward Ahn (San Francisco), James Moll (Studio City, Calif.), Mark E. Drummond (East Palo Alto, Calif.), Michelle Chua (Seattle), Mu Qiao (Campbell, Calif.), Noah Gamboa (San Francisco), Payal Jotwani (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Paten...