ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,561, issued on July 21, was assigned to CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hanover, Germany).

"Image processing method for removal of glare spots and system for the same" was invented by Weiquan Cong (Singapore), Keng Loong Lim (Singapore), Yau Wai Lucas Hui (Singapore), Guoji Wang (Singapore) and Heng Guo (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method for removal of glare spots appearing on images captured is disclosed. The method comprises transmitting, by way of a first illumination source, a first light ray towards a first gaze and by way of a second illumination source, a second light ray towards a s...