ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,436, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Matterport Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Automated classification based on photo-realistic image/model mappings" was invented by Gunnar Hovden (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Mykhaylo Kurinnyy (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for increasing the accuracy of automated classifications produced by a machine learning engine. Specifically, the classification produced by a machine learning engine for one photo-realistic image is adjusted based on the classifications produced by the machine learning engine for other photo-realistic images that correspond to the same portion...