ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,436, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Virtual surface modification" was invented by Kyle Goodrich (Venice, Calif.), Samuel Edward Hare (Los Angeles), Maxim Maximov Lazarov (Culver City, Calif.), Tony Mathew (Los Angeles), Andrew James McPhee (Culver City, Calif.) and Wentao Shang (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a method for rendering virtual modifications to real-world environments depicted in image content. A reference surface is detected in a three-dimensi...