ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,340, issued on May 20, was assigned to Digital Path Inc. (Chico, Calif.).

"PT/PT-Z camera command, control and visualization system and method" was invented by Ethan Higgins (Chico, Calif.), James A. Higgins (Chico, Calif.) and Scott Schifando (Chico, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and method for collection, control and display of cameras and images. Software may direct the cameras to targeted images automatically or manually. Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be used to identify targets and automatically direct one or more cameras to focus on a target. Images taken by one or more cameras may then be stored and displayed...