ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,929, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Video clip object tracking" was invented by Samuel Edward Hare (Los Angeles), Andrew James McPhee (Culver City, Calif.) and Tony Mathew (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 a three-dimensional virtual object in a video clip. The method and system include capturing, using a camera-enabled device, video content of a real-world scene and movement information collected by the camera-enabled device during cap...