ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,218, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for changing programs on imaging devices" was invented by Matthew Lawrence Horner (Sound Beach, N.Y.) and Paul Seiter (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for changing programs on imaging devices are disclosed herein. An example method includes capturing, by a first imaging device, an image of a target object, and transmitting the image of the target object to a leader device that is communicatively coupled to the first imaging device and a second imaging device. The second imaging devi...