ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,148, issued on March 24, was assigned to Adobe Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Efficient image warping based on user input" was invented by Guillaume Meyer (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology described herein generally relates to warping images based on one or more user inputs. In some embodiments, a selection of pixels of an image is received and skeletonized. A starting pixel of the skeletonized set of pixels is determined. Horizontal distances between the starting pixel and other pixels of the skeletonized set of pixels are determined. Rows of pixels of the image that intersect the skeletonized set of pixels are determ...