ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,281, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Target detection method and apparatus" was invented by Xiaomeng Yin (Shanghai) and Huiqiao Su (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of this application provide example target detection methods and apparatuses. One target detection method includes obtaining an image by using a photographing apparatus. A region of interest can be marked in the image based on a parameter of the photographing apparatus and a preset traveling path. The image can be detected by using a target detection algorithm to obtain a category...