ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,301, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Video processing adjustment based on user looking/not looking" was invented by John W. Nicholson (Morrisville, N.C.), Daryl C. Cromer (Morrisville, N.C.) and Howard Locker (Morrisville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a first device includes a processor assembly, a display, and storage. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor assembly to receive video from a second device different from the first device, determine whether a user is looking at the display, and process the video a first way for presentation on the...