ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,846, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Phone case for tracking and localization" was invented by Ilteris Kaan Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Matthew Hallberg (Los Angeles) and Richard Zhuang (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case for a portable device like a smartphone includes light sources such as LEDs, which, when illuminated, can be detected and tracked by a head-worn augmented or virtual reality device. The light sources may be located at the corners of the case and may emit infrared light. A relative pose between the smartphone and the head-worn device can be determined based on co...