US Patent Issued to Snap on March 3 for "Techniques for generating a stylized media content item with a generative neural network" (British, Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,187, issued on March 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Techniques for generating a stylized media content item with a generative neural network" was invented by Sergey Smetanin (London), Pavel Savchenkov (London), Viktar Atliha (London), Georgii Grigorev (Amsterdam), Ivan Babanin (London), Prasad Tare (Flushing, N.Y.), Inna Zaitseva (West New York, N.J.), Anna Kovalenko (London) and Dmytro Rudenko (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile application with an improved user interface facilitates generating stylized media content items including images and videos. An end-user selects a desired visual effect ...