US Patent Issued to BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON on May 12 for "F-stat statistical detection of digital image tampering" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,345, issued on May 12, was assigned to BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. (McLean, Va.).

"F-stat statistical detection of digital image tampering" was invented by Robert Shaw Sneddon (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a digital image file alteration detection controller which implements a processor configuration to efficiently detect an alteration to a digital image file. The digital image file alteration detection controller can include a processor, and a memory associated with the processor, the memory including instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor will cause the processor to: extr...