ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,364, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).

"Image processing method and apparatus" was invented by Lei Shi (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method and apparatus, relating to the technical field of image processing. The method comprises: calling an image acquisition device by means of an application program to obtain first image data; cropping the first image data to second image data, the ratio of the first image data being different from that of the second image data, the ratio of the first image data being a ratio supported by the image acquisition device...