US Patent Issued to Snap on Oct. 21 for "Identification of physical products for augmented reality experiences in a messaging system" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,648, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Identification of physical products for augmented reality experiences in a messaging system" was invented by Jean Luo (Seattle) and Celia Nicole Mourkogiannis (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject technology receives image data including a representation of a physical item. The subject technology analyzes the image data to determine an object corresponding to the physical item. The subject technology extracts product metadata based on the determined object. The subject technology sends, to a server, the product metadata to determine second pr...