ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,364, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Fool-proofing product identification" was invented by Daniel V. Klein (Pittsburgh) and Igor Dos Santos Ramos (Round Rock, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving, from an image capture device in communication with the data processing hardware, image data for an area of interest of a user. The method also includes receiving a query from the user referring to one or more objects detected within the image data and requesting a digital assistant to discern insights associated with the one or more objects referred to by the query. The met...