ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,012, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to 4D VIEW SOLUTIONS (Grenoble, France).

"Correction of a halo in a digital image and device for implementing said correction" was invented by Clement Menier (Grenoble, France) and Valentin Bonhomme (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for correcting a halo in a digital image captured using photogrammetry in a 3-D modeling studio, the halo being generated through the interaction of light originating from a light source in the studio with the optic of the shooting device, and manifesting as a local lightening of the digital image, the method comprising the steps of ...