ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,652, issued on July 15, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Augmented reality object manipulation" was invented by Ozi Egri (Yassur, Israel), David Ben Ezra (Bet Shearim, Israel), Andrew James McPhee (Culver City, Calif.), Qi Pan (London) and Eyal Zak (Megiddo, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of computer imaging software and systems by facilitating the manipulation of virtual content displayed in conjunction with images of real-world objects and environments. Embodiments of the present disclosure allow different virtual objects to...