ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,995, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOSHIBA GLOBAL COMMERCE SOLUTIONS INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Pet supply simulations using augmented reality" was invented by Kevin C. Hughes (Cary, N.C.), Philip S. Brown (Cary, N.C.), Evgeny Shevtsov (Plano, Texas) and Leon T. Cain II (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and techniques for generating a composite visual representation that integrates visual data of a pet with potential purchased items are provided. Visual data of a pet is received. Features of the pet are extracted by analyzing the visual data. A first mapping for the pet is generated based on the extracted features ...