ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,682, issued on May 20, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Virtual selfie stick" was invented by Kai Zhou (Wiener Neudorf, Austria) and Branislav Micusik (St.Andrae-Woerdern, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating a virtual selfie stick image is described. In one aspect, the method includes generating, at a device, an original self-portrait image with an optical sensor of the device, the optical sensor directed at a face of a user of the device, the device being held at an arm length from the face of the user, displaying, on a display of the device, an instruction guiding the user to move the de...