US Patent Issued to Snap on July 15 for "Shooting interaction using augmented reality content in a messaging system" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,653, issued on July 15, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Shooting interaction using augmented reality content in a messaging system" was invented by Kyle Goodrich (Venice, Calif.), Maxim Maximov Lazarov (Culver City, Calif.), Andrew James McPhee (Culver City, Calif.) and Daniel Moreno (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject technology receives a set of frames. The subject technology detect a first gesture correspond to an open trigger finger gesture. The subject technology receives a second set of frames. The subject technology detects from the second set of frames, a second gesture correspond to a clos...