ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,624, issued on June 2, was assigned to MEDIT CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image processing method for designing smile line and device using the same" was invented by Sang Hun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method according to the present disclosure includes the steps of: receiving at least one image data; assigning a plurality of feature points to the at least one image data; fitting the at least one image data to have at least one of a predetermined size and a predetermined angle based on at least one feature line generated by connecting at least two of the feature points; and designing a s...