ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,619, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Insight Direct USA Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).

"Counting a number of objects in an image" was invented by Michael Griffin (Wayland, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product count of a number of physical products within a physical grouping of a plurality of the physical products is determined based on an image of the physical grouping. A cycle counter generates image coordinates for visible product surfaces within the image. The cycle counter generates three-dimensional virtual base coordinates for the expected locations of the plurality of the physical products within the physical grouping. T...