ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,176, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Clarity Operations Inc. (Whitehouse, Ohio).

"Data collection by a dynamic area of interest camera technique" was invented by William Bales (Whitehouse, Ohio) and Craig van Vliet (Whitehouse, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of data collection for cameras applicable to any sport where a greater understanding of fluid movement can be obtained by having a faster frame per second or greater resolution for certain parts of a scene. The method coupling a computer to a first stage camera and a second stage camera, focusing said first stage camera on a defined dynamic area of interest, dire...