ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,579, issued on June 16, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Techniques for an overhead camera" was invented by Scott Li (Cary, N.C.), Robert J. Kapinos (Durham, N.C.), Robert James Norton Jr. (Raleigh, N.C.) and Russell S. VanBlon (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for techniques for an overhead camera. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code that is executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to receive hinge position data from at least one hinge sensor, receive orientation data from at least one orienta...