US Patent Issued to Canon on April 14 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,099, issued on April 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Shogo Yamasaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus processes image data captured by an image sensor that allows setting of an exposure value for each region of the image sensor, and sets the exposure value for each region based on a magnitude of luminance contrast in each region."

The patent was filed on Dec. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/401,093.

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