ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,018, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Switching method for video conference and video conference system" was invented by Yu-Shan Ruan (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Liang-Chi Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching method for video conference and a video conference system are disclosed. The switching method for video conference is adapted to a video conference system including a first camera device and a second camera device, and includes the following steps. A first captured image of the first camera device and a second captured image of the second camera device...