ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,524,963, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"3D object model reconstruction from 2D images" was invented by Georgios Papandreou (London) and Iason Kokkinos (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reconstructing 3D models of human bodies from 2D images that counts for perspective and/or distortion effects are provided. The systems and methods include reconstructing a three-dimensional model of an object in a three-dimensional scene from a two-dimensional image comprising an image of the object. The systems and methods include determining an absolute depth of a key point of the objec...