ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,461, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH (Wetzlar, Germany).
"Image annotation system and method" was invented by Patric Pelzer (Wetzlar, Germany) and Markus Ott (Wetzlar, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image annotation system for annotating a microscopic image of a sample is provided. The image annotation system includes an output unit configured to display the image of the sample, and an input unit configured to capture a first and second user input sequence including a first and second movement of a cursor over a first and second selection area of the displayed image. The image annotation system...