ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,184, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TRIGGER GLOBAL INC. (Los Angeles).

"Augmented reality gaming systems and methods" was invented by Jason Yim (Los Angeles) and Mikayel Saryan (Playa Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality (AR) game system is disclosed wherein real-world objects are transformed into AR terrain elements and AR events generate real-world impact. The game environment is set up using real-world objects that include everyday objects and game pieces on a field of play. When viewed on the screen of a computing device executing the modules of the game system, the everyday objects are transfor...