ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,435, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SNAP INC. (Santa Monica, Calif.).
"External controller for an eyewear device" was invented by Ilteris Kaan Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Matthew Hallberg (Los Angeles), William Miles Miller (San Francisco), Lien Le Hong Tran (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Michael Benson Tucker (Marina Del Rey, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for using an external controller with an AR device. The system establishes, by one or more processors of the AR device, a communication with an external client device. The system overlays, by the AR device, a first AR object on a real-...