ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,850, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd. (London).

"Adaptive virtual objects in augmented reality" was invented by Pedro Federico Quijada Leyton (London), David Erwan Damien Uberti (London), Lloyd Preston Stemple (London) and Aron Giuseppe Visciglia (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes selecting a virtual object to be positioned in a mixed-reality environment, the virtual object having one or more conditions relating to the positioning of the virtual object, scanning a real-world part of the mixed-reality environment, determining a location to position...