ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,227, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing device and image processing system" was invented by Nobuhiro Tsunashima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masakazu Ebihara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing device includes: a tracking target object determination unit that determines an object targeted for tracking as a tracking target object based on a first image captured by a first image capturing unit; a tracked object information obtainment unit that obtains information for identifying a tracked object that is an object being tracked by a second image capturing unit; a deter...