ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,455, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Jumio Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Partial image search" was invented by Georges Abou-Rjeili (Montreal) and Artem Voronin (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a system and method for partial image search including receiving, using one or more processors, an input image representing a first image of an identification document; preprocessing, using the one or more processors, the input image; determining, using the one or more processors, a signature based on the preprocessed image; obtaining, using the one or more processors, information associated with other images, t...