ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,439, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"Hand scale factor estimation from mobile interactions" was invented by Kai Zhou (Wiener Neudorf, Austria), Xinrong Wei (Shanghai), Xiao Li (Bellevue, Wash.) and Dunxu Hu (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An XR system is provided that enhances user interaction within extended reality environments through precise hand scale estimation. The XR system is configured to capture tracking data of a user's hand as the user interacts with a mobile device. Concurrently, the XR system captures pose data of itself and uses the tracking data and the pose data to d...