ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,059, issued on July 29, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Augmented reality environment enhancement" was invented by Ilteris Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Sumant Milind Hanumante (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Stanislav Minakov (Playa Vista, Calif.) and Dhritiman Sagar (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) environment enhancement using an eyewear device. The eyewear device includes an image capture system, a display system, and a position detection system. The image capture system and position detection system identify feature points within a point cloud th...