ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,119, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Corephotonics Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"System and method for creating background blur in camera panning or motion" was invented by Anat Leshem Gat (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ruthy Katz (Tel Aviv, Israel), Omri Levi (Tel Aviv, Israel), Oded Gigushinski (Tel Aviv, Israel), Yiftah Kowal (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ephraim Goldenberg (Tel Aviv, Israel), Gal Shabtay (Tel Aviv, Israel), Noy Cohen (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Michael Scherer (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, imaging devices and methods for creating background blur in camera panning or motion. Using an imaging device with an image se...