ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,295, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).

"Image generation method and system" was invented by Wataru Kaku (Musashino, Japan) and Takahiro Kataoka (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image generation method includes generating, by a second terminal apparatus, in a case in which it is determined by a first terminal apparatus that the gaze of a first user is directed toward a displayed model image of a second user, a model image of the first user based on a captured image of the first user received from the first terminal apparatus. The image generation method includes generating, by t...