ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,260, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Relative inertial measurement system with visual correction" was invented by Arthur Y. Zhang (San Jose, Calif.) and Sonca Teng (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device comprising an inertial measurement device and/or a camera. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with a reference frame. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user device relative ...