ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,962, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Constraint model space partition tree for video stabilization" was invented by Thomas Derbanne (Paris), Nicolas Rahmouni (Paris) and Luis Mario Domenzain (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A constraint model may include a representation of feasible viewing window placement within the field of view of a video for stabilization. When the viewing window extends beyond the field of view of the video, the placement of the viewing window may be modified using a constraint model space partition tree. The constraint model space partition tree may include branches tha...