ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,015, issued on March 25, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Augmented reality with eyewear triggered IoT" was invented by Ilteris Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Shin Hwun Kang (Los Angeles) and Doug Mead (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience using an eyewear device. A portable eyewear device includes a processor, a memory, and a display projected onto at least one lens assembly. The memory has programming stored therein that, when executed by the processor, captures information depicting an environment s...