US 12,072,489 B2
Social connection through distributed and connected real-world objects
Hanseul Jun, Stanford, CA (US); Sven Kratz, Mercer Island, WA (US); Joanne Leong, Markham (CA); Xingyu Liu, Los Angeles, CA (US); Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Seattle, WA (US); Brian Anthony Smith, New York, NY (US); Yu Jiang Tham, Seattle, WA (US); and Rajan Vaish, Beverly Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,709.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,068, filed on Sep. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068730 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G02B 27/017 (2013.01) [G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic eyewear device adapted to be worn on the head of a first user, comprising:
at least one camera arranged to capture an image in an environment of the first user;
a memory that stores instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to perform operations including:
identifying a first object in the captured image that has been paired with a second object at a remote location; and
when the first object is within a field of view of the electronic eyewear device, sending a communication that invokes a preselected augmented reality (AR) object for display to a second user adjacent the second object when the second object is in a field of view of a second electronic eyewear device of the second user.