ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,342, issued on May 12, was assigned to Baller Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Fisheye lens structure, housing, image capture, and image processing" was invented by Akshay Chandrasekhar (Los Angeles), Aaron Francis Hawkey (Pasadena, Calif.), Brian James Vernarsky (San Francisco), Paul Georg Kefer (Pasadena, Calif.), Abate De Mey (Alhambra, Calif.) and Kavodel Ohiomoba (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture device includes a camera that captures video frames of a scene surrounding the camera. The image capture device further includes a lens attachment that directs light rays from the lens of the camera across a wider field ...