US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Feb. 17 for "Augmented reality device for obtaining depth information and method of operating the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,257, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Augmented reality device for obtaining depth information and method of operating the same" was invented by Seunghak Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeyun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Songhyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyokak Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjae Won (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seowon Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an augmented reality device and a method of operating the same. The augmented reality device adjusts a depth value based on a gravity direction measured by an IMU sensor...