ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,938, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method for identifying auxiliary areas of interest for image based on focus indicators" was invented by Ofir Ezrielev (Be'er Sheva, Israel), Amihai Savir (Newton, Mass.) and Oshry Ben-Harush (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for identifying areas of interest in an image are disclosed. To manage identification of areas of interest in an image, a combination of automated and subject matter expert driven processes may be used to identify the areas of interest. Some areas of interest may be highly relevant for a...