ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,224, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Augmented reality experiences of color palettes 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 identifies a set of colors corresponding to a set of regions of the determined object. The subject technology analyzes second image data to detect a second object cor...