ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,245, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CRON AI LTD (London).

"System and method for determining background" was invented by Bastiaan Willem Kwaadgras (London) and Robert De Temple (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a background in 3D space includes: receiving, via a sensor, a plurality of data points for the 3D space; dividing the 3D space into a plurality of rays extending from the sensor; defining a plurality of peaks for each ray; and defining a catchment region for each peak for each ray. Each data point is enclosed by a corresponding ray. Each peak is located at a peak distance from the sens...