ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,649, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Nantong Schmidt Opto-Electrical Technology Co. Ltd. (Ragao, China).

"Device and method for dynamic time-lapse photography" was invented by Yufeng Sun (Nantong, China), Daming Li (Nantong, China) and Xuefeng Zhu (Nantong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mount comprises: a bracket assembly for holding an image-capture device; a drive shaft rotatably coupled to a stationary wheel for rotation of the drive shaft relative to the stationary wheel about a drive shaft axis; a support member coupled to the drive shaft to rotate about the drive shaft axis therewith, the support member extending radi...