ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,543, issued on June 17, was assigned to ACER Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"System and method for end-to-end side-by-side image processing" was invented by Chia-Shang Yuan (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for end-to-end side-by-side image processing that adaptively designs dedicated information frames for various video streaming applications. These information frames are embedded into the video transmitted by video streaming applications, allowing viewing devices to restore the original 3D effects without modifying the behavior of the video streaming applications themselves."

The patent was filed ...