ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,781, issued on April 21, was assigned to NBCUniversal Media LLC (New York).

"Dynamic tone-mapping system normalized around reference white" was invented by Arley Christopher Seeger (Rockville Centre, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic and selective tone mapping system that receives digital imagery content and adjusts the digital imagery content using defined perceptual point parameters that correspond to particular luminance points or regions of the digital imagery content. The defined perceptual point parameters include a first white reference value, wherein the tone mapping system adjusts the digital imagery content by ...