ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,877, issued on July 21, was assigned to VusionGroup GmbH (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria).
"Method for placing a piece of playback content within the display area of a screen of a video shelving rail" was invented by Andreas Robl (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria), Thomas Schwarz (Hohberg, Germany) and Philipp Jauck (Fernitz-Mellach, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for placing playback content within the display area of a screen of a video shelving rail. wherein, with the help of a camera, a digital image of the screen and/or a product-presentation area extending along the screen is captured, and wherein an image-processing device is...