ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,562, issued on Nov. 4.

"Multipurpose visual and auditory intelligent observer system" was invented by Andy Tsz Kwan Chan (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Yuk Kwai Lee (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An edge device for using a Multitask Embedded Deep Learning Technology to perform cognitive analysis over high definition video at real time without streaming the video frames to cloud processing. The technology mimics human multi-level cortex function. The device comprises a video camera, at least one embedded processor for analyzing digital video signal output from the video camera, a mission control program module for tra...