ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,113, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Roots of Humanity Foundation Inc. (Lehi, Utah).
"Customized animated art" was invented by Thomas E. Holdman (Highland, Utah), James Gaskin (Lindon, Utah), Brandon Crapo (Provo, Utah), Ho Yun Ki (Provo, Utah) and Alan Knight (Lehi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing an animated art experience to a user includes a user device receiving an image of an art piece selected by the user. The user device obtains information about the art piece. The user device presents a three-dimensional (3D) animated image that corresponds with the selected art image. Upon receiving an action b...