ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,580, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SKETCHSOFT INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Interfacing method and apparatus for 3D sketch" was invented by Yong Kwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Gyun An (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyu Hyoung Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an interfacing method and an apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) sketch. According to an example embodiment, the interfacing method for sketching in a virtual space of three dimensions includes determining a surface including an area in which a first user input is received in the virtual space to be a region of interest, controlling a posit...