ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,192, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (Nashua, N.H.).

"ROI weighted plateau equalization" was invented by Robin L Brown (Leominster, Mass.), Jaime A Caicedo Baquerizo (Somerville, Mass.) and Gregory W Sletterink (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of image enhancement, the method comprising: obtaining image data representing an image comprising a plurality of pixels, each having a pixel intensity value, the image further comprising a region of interest; analyzing image data associated with the region of interest and gathering relevant statistics t...