ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,414, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bernard Fryshman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Insect and other small object image recognition and instant active response with enhanced application and utility" was invented by Bernard Fryshman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for detecting offending objects such as insects on substrates such as on leaves, plants, in fluid or over a large area. The device has a microscope lens which magnifies a portion of the substrate and sends an image of the substrate portion to an image recognition system. If the image recognition system detects the presence of an offending object-further step...