ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,931, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"System and method for providing weather effect in image" was invented by Gyehyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yoonhee Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keunjoo Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Beomseok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangwon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Taeyoung Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing a weather effect in an image includes selecting at least one weather texture image indicating weather, and providing a weather effect in the image...