ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,716, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus (Sejong-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for processing three-dimensional holographic image" was invented by Hoon Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hwi Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Jongha Park (Sejong-si, South Korea), Hojung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongkyu Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing a three-dimensional holographic image includes obtaining depth images from depth data of a three-dimensional object, dividin...