ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,645, issued on July 8, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Pose algorithm for continuous AR experiences" was invented by Luca Ballan (San Jose, Calif.), Mahesh Ramachandran (Dublin, Calif.), Qiyue Zhang (Cupertino, Calif.), Chao Guo (San Jose, Calif.), Konstantine Nicholas John Tsotsos (Corte Madera, Calif.) and Jie Zhang (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking system and associated algorithms are disclosed that can provide a user with a continuous, reset-free augmented reality (AR) experience. When the user wears an AR headset equipped with a camera and an inertial measurement unit (IMU), motion se...