ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,989, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Tencent Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Virtual group image" was invented by Qianyi Wang (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image shooting method is provided. In the method, a virtual room page of a virtual room is displayed. The virtual room page includes a shooting control element and an image region. The image region is configured to display a preview image that is generated based on user images of at least two users in the virtual room. Image capturing of the preview image is performed when the shooting control element is selected. A captured image that is generated ...