ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,212, issued on June 3, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Image processing device and image processing method" was invented by Naoto Kajiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller of an image processing device performs registration or authentication of face data of a user by using a plurality of face images which are different from each other and in which orientations of a face captured by a camera are each within a first angle that is based on a state in which the user faces a front of the camera, and displays on a display a video in which a human face-imitating image changes its face ori...