ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,239, issued on March 24, was assigned to MOBILINT INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Smart image processing method and device using same" was invented by Dongjoo Shin (Guri-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart image processing method and a device using same are provided. The method comprises: an image acquisition unit of acquiring an image for a specific area; an image conversion step of, when a person is detected in the acquired image, converting a body image of the person in the image into an image in which the person is wearing outer clothing; and a storage step of storing the converted image."

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