ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,336, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"AR view for barcode scanning" was invented by Vikrant Deoda (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Eunhye Kim (Beverly Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method includes accessing, by a mobile device, information identifying a number of barcodes and initiating a scanning session for the number of barcodes, the scanning session including capturing a number of images by a camera of the mobile device. The method further includes displaying, on a display of the mobile device and during the scanning session, a user interface th...