ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,149, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image processing method, image processing system, image processing device, and server" was invented by Kensuke Nakai (Osaka, Japan) and Kazumasa Motoda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method for extracting a subject from an image including the subject using a background image includes: generating a background removed image obtained by removing a background region not including the subject in the image from the image; compressing the background removed image; transmitting the background removed im...