US Patent Issued to Apple on June 23 for "Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying a representation of a person" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,988, issued on June 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying a representation of a person" was invented by Jason D. Rickwald (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Giancarlo Yerkes (San Francisco), Rupert Burton (San Francisco), William A. Sorrentino III (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Peter D. Anton (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for displaying a representation of a person based on a background, viewing angle, and/or a mouth occlusion."

The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/582,474.

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