ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,693, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OP Solultions LLC (Amherst, Mass.).

"Video processing method with partial picture replacement" was invented by Borivoje Furht (Boca Raton, Fla.), Hari Kalva (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Velibor Adzic (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for processing a video bitstream which includes a first picture and a sequence parameter set containing information indicating a mode is enabled in which a first area of a picture can be extracted and replaced by a second area of another picture. Using the mode, the first picture is modified by extracting the first area and replacing t...