ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,558, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Presenting virtual objects in a physical environment" was invented by Peter Meier (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Michael J. Rockwell (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary process for identifying a type of a physical environment amongst a plurality of types of physical environments is provided. The process includes obtaining, using the one or more cameras, image data corresponding to a physical environment. The process further includes identifying at least one portion of an entity in the physical environment based on the image data; determining, b...