US Patent Issued to Snap on Nov. 3 for "Augmented reality spatial audio experience" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,657, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Snap Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Augmented reality spatial audio experience" was invented by Ilteris Canberk (Marina Del Rey, Calif.) and Shin Hwun Kang (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, media, and methods are presented for an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience using an eyewear device with spatial audio. The eyewear device has a processor, a memory, an image sensor, and a speaker system. The eyewear device captures image information for an environment surrounding the device and identifies an object location within the same environment. The eyewear device then associa...