ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,654, issued on May 19, was assigned to Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC (Mentor, Ohio).

"Methods for identifying items in close proximity to a mobile device or within a digital image" was invented by Frederick Bleckmann (Barrington, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for identifying one or more items in close proximity to a mobile device and/or are within a digital image. The location of the mobile device can be determined using outdoor positioning systems ("OPS"), indoor positioning systems ("IPS"), or combinations thereof. The identity of the item or items can be determine using planograms; visual inventory; R...