ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,764, issued on April 21, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, system and method" was invented by Paul Terence Mulligan (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing apparatus includes at least one image sensor to capture one or more first images including a first physical surface for use in a board game, receiving circuitry to receive, via a network, one or more second images including a second physical surface for use in a same type of board game as the first physical surface, image processing circuitry to generate a composite image for display based on at least a port...