ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,787, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Automatic caricature generating method and apparatus" was invented by Seung Yong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yu Cheol Jung (Incheon, South Korea), Gwang Jin Ju (Yeosu si, South Korea) and Won Jong Jang (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a caricature generation method capable of expressing detailed and realistic facial exaggerations and allowing a reduction of training labor and cost. A caricature generating method includes: providing a generation network comprising a...