ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,042, issued on March 11, was assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD (New Tech Park, Singapore).

"Method and system to combine video feeds into panoramic video" was invented by Mengnan Wang (Chapel Hill, N.C.), John W. Nicholson (Cary, N.C.), Daryl C. Cromer (Raleigh, N.C.) and Howard Locker (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method, system and computer program product are provided that receive video feeds from corresponding cameras distributed at different positions and orientations throughout a physical environment, and obtain location data associated with the cameras. The location data is indicative...