ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,896, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Tonal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).

"Camera device for workout" was invented by Asim Kadav (Mountain View, Calif.), Rajiv Bhan (Mountain View, Calif.), Ryan LaFrance (San Francisco), Bryan James (Menlo Park, Calif.), Aly E. Orady (San Francisco), Brandt Belson (San Francisco), Gabriel Peal (San Francisco), Thomas Kroman Watt (San Francisco) and Ivan Savytskyi (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise machine includes a cable. It further includes an interface to a moveable camera device coupled with the exercise machine. It further includes a processor configured to receive...