ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,712, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to VIVOTEK INC. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Image analysis method and image analysis device" was invented by Chao-Tan Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image analysis method of increasing identification efficiency is applied to an image analysis device having an image receiver and an operation processor. The image analysis method includes setting a target pixel per feet (PPF) and detecting a specific area within a surveillance image acquired by the image receiver, computing a first dimension ratio difference between the target PPF and an initial PPF of the specific area, utili...