ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,679, issued on May 26, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Extended field-of-view capture of augmented reality experiences" was invented by David Meisenholder (Los Angeles), Dhritiman Sagar (New York), Ilteris Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Justin Wilder (Santa Monica, Calif.), Sumant Milind Hanumante (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and James Powderly (Venice, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Augmented reality experiences of a user wearing an electronic eyewear device are captured by at least one camera on a frame of the electronic eyewear device, the at least one camera having a field of view that is larger than a field ...