ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,671, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Integrated sensor-optical component accessory for image capture device" was invented by Nicholas D. Woodman (Big Sky, Mont.) and Ingrid A. Cotoros (Hillsborough, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture system includes an image capture device and an integrated sensor-optical component accessory. The integrated sensor-optical component accessory includes at least one of a microphone, a processor, a motion sensor, or an audio sensor. The image capture device configured to control operation of the integrated sensor-optical component accessory with the...