ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,511, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hanwha Vision Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera according to setting value" was invented by Yeon Woo Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Sae Rom Won (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technique for controlling a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera. A method of controlling a PTZ camera via a user terminal includes displaying, on a screen, a first image obtained from the PTZ camera according to a first setting value, obtaining a first user input for setting, on the screen, an area corresponding to a seco...