ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,100, issued on April 7, was assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC..

"Deep image delighting" was invented by Santiago Iglesias Navarro (Palma de Mallorca, Spain), Pablo Pernias Pascual de Pobil (San Juan de Alicante, Spain), Robert B. Moore (Clermont, Fla.) and David N. Juboor (Johnson City, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for content modification executed by a computer including a processor and a memory includes receiving an initial image that includes light emitted from a representation of a light source. The method further includes analyzing the initial image, with a delighting model, to predict a second image comprising...