US Patent Issued to Alibaba Group Holding on March 3 for "Visual tracking system for active object" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,280, issued on March 3, was assigned to Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Cayman Islands).

"Visual tracking system for active object" was invented by Yun Li (Troy, Mich.), Li Liu (Hangzhou, China), Biao Tian (Hangzhou, China), Zhang Liu (Hangzhou, China), Ziteng Wang (Hangzhou, China), Yueyue Na (Hangzhou, China) and Qiang Fu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visual tracking system helps to detect or locate an active object (such as an active sound source) in a live video or recorded video, and provides a way to help a user who views the live video or recorded video to focus on the active object, without easily being distur...