US Patent Issued to NCR Voyix on July 15 for "Augmented reality order assistance" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,476, issued on July 15, was assigned to NCR Voyix Corp. (Atlanta).

"Augmented reality order assistance" was invented by Kip Oliver Morgan (Atlanta), Gina Torcivia Bennett (Lawrenceville, Ga.), Kelli Lee (Atlanta) and Jacob Alexander Poston (Loganville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Three-dimensional (3D) model images for menu item are maintained in a content delivery network (CDN) along with codes. The codes are printed/affixed to menus adjacent to the menu items. The menus include an anchor object that is sized in proportion to plates that serve the menu items. A user operates an augmented reality (AR)-enabled application (app)...