US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Jan. 27 for "Distortion correction via analytical projection" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,627, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Distortion correction via analytical projection" was invented by Karlton David Powell (Lake Stevens, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing a stream of input images is provided. The method includes receiving a stream of input images, and applying a digital effect to the stream of input images. The digital effect is one or more from the group of: a pan, a tilt, or a zoom, of the stream of input images. The method further includes selecting an analytical projection type, from a plurality of analytical projection types, th...