ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,583, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Continuous surface and depth estimation" was invented by Olha Borys (Vienna), Ilteris Kaan Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Daniel Wagner (Vienna) and Jakob Zillner (Absdorf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for continuous surface and depth estimation. A continuous surface and depth estimation system determines the depth and surface normal of physical objects by using stereo vision limited within a predetermined window."
The patent was filed on Feb. 7, 2024, under Application No. ...