ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,572, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Telexistence Inc. (Tokyo).

"Data processing apparatus, data processing method, program, and data processing system" was invented by Jade Fountain (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit is configured to obtain capture image data generated based on image capturing by a camera provided for a robot, combine at least a portion of display image data of the capture image data obtained at a first time point and at least a portion of past capture image data of the capture image data obtained at a second time point before the first ti...