ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,378, issued on April 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Image processing method and apparatus" was invented by Yeongon Cho (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image processing method and apparatus. The image processing method includes obtaining visual information related to an object in an image, generating valid data from the image based on the visual information, and transmitting the valid data."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/372,219.

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