ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,093, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hanwha Vision Co. Ltd. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Surveillance camera system" was invented by Byoung Man An (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, performed by an image processing device, of encrypting image data includes: selecting an encryption target unit from among a plurality units constituting an image; generating a table including identification information about the encryption target unit; generating a first encryption unit including data obtained by encrypting the encryption target unit; generating a second encryption unit including data obtained by encryp...