US Patent Issued to Capital One Services on July 21 for "Real-time glare detection inside a dynamic region of an image" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,691, issued on July 21, was assigned to Capital One Services LLC (McLean, Va.).

"Real-time glare detection inside a dynamic region of an image" was invented by Jason Pribble (McLean, Va.), Nicholas Capurso (Fairfax, Va.) and Daniel Alan Jarvis (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user device may capture a plurality of preview images that each include image data. The user device may process, in substantially real-time, a preview image to identify an object in the preview image, including determining an outline of the object. The user device may create a mask that hides a portion of the image data associated with an area outsi...