ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,584, issued on April 15, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasound diagnostic device and image processing method, configured to apply two-dimensionally distributed weights" was invented by Masanori Hisatsu (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first synthesis unit generates a first synthetic image by applying a first weight distribution to a plurality of sub-images and then synthesizing the sub-images. A second synthesis unit generates a second synthetic image by applying a second weight distribution to the plurality of sub-images and then synthesizing the sub-images. A generation unit generates a display image base...