ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,521, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Nanning FuLian FuGui Precision Industrial Co. Ltd. (Nanning, China).

"Method, apparatus, and computer-readable storage for target image extraction" was invented by Kang-Hsi Liu (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium for target image extraction. The method comprises obtaining specified coordinate based on user operation behavior data, capturing a background screenshot based on the specified coordinate, and finally determining the target image that the user wants from the background screenshot."

The patent was filed on May 1...