ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,820, issued on April 1, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Method and apparatus for upgrading a camera" was invented by Jia Wen Yong (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia), Chun Meng Tan (Bayan Lepas, Malaysia), Sook Lee Koid (Butterworth, Malaysia) and Chee Seng Lee (Jelutong, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for minimizing a time that a camera field of view is not being monitored while the camera is undergoing a software or firmware update is provided herein. During operation a determination is made that a camera needs a software or firmware update. The location of a security asset (e.g., a mobile ca...