ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,354,412, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington).

"Morphed image detection logic and surveillance systems" was invented by Arun Vemury (North Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to machines, systems, and methods for detecting a morphed image on an ID card associated with a user. The invention may comprise a plurality of security kiosks, a user database, morphed image detection logic, surveillance cameras, a surveillance database, surveillance similarity logic, user identification logi...