ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,412, issued on June 23, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"System and method for in-memory image processing" was invented by Sarma Vrudhula (Chandler, Ariz.), Gian Singh (Tempe, Ariz.) and Ayushi Dube (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for in-memory image processing. In some embodiments, a system includes a memory, a first neuron processing circuit, and a second neuron processing circuit. The first neuron processing circuit may be connected to a first plurality of bit lines of the memory, and the second neuron processing circuit may be con...