ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,410, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Insitu Inc. (Bingen, Wash.).

"Methods and apparatus to track and classify objects" was invented by Brendan Patrick Williams (Brisbane, Australia), Alexander Lloyd Wainwright (Brisbane, Australia), Nikaela Lea Podolsky (Brisbane, Australia), Jasmin Florence Martin (Moorooka, Australia), Seren Riseley (Brisbane, Australia) and Jason John Ford (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus are disclosed to track and classify objects. An example apparatus for use with an aircraft includes interface circuitry communicatively coupled to an image sensor, the image sensor to ...