ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,412, issued on May 19, was assigned to Neatframe Ltd. (London).

"Video-conference endpoint" was invented by Duc Dao (London) and Hakon Skramstad (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of operating a video conference endpoint. The video conference endpoint includes a video camera which captures images showing a field of view. The method comprises: receiving data defining of a spatial boundary within the field of view, the spatial boundary being at least in part defined by a distance from the video camera; capturing an image of the field of view; identifying one or more persons within the field of view of t...