ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,462, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Astemo Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Image processing device and image processing method" was invented by Shoichi Sakamoto (Hitachinaka, Japan), Naoya Tada (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Hiroto Mitoma (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to detect generation of a light streak regardless of a direction in which the light streak extends. An image processing device includes a light spot detection unit, a light streak candidate extraction unit, and a light streak presence/absence determination unit. The light spot detection unit detects a light spot having a luminance value larger than or equal...