ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,835, issued on March 17, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium for distinguishing object and shadow thereof in image" was invented by Chao Zhang (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an information processing device, an information processing method, and a computer-readable recording medium. A first circumscribed polygon region calculation unit calculates a first circumscribed polygon region as a convex hull circumscribed region that contains a feature region. A principal axis of inertia calculation unit cal...