ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,221, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus and electronic apparatus" was invented by Hideyuki Hamano (Kawasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes an area setter configured to set a target area in a first image among a plurality of captured images acquired by imaging at different time from each other, an area detector configured to detect a corresponding area relevant to the target area in a plurality of second images among the plurality of captured images, a focus state acquirer configured to acquire focus states of the target area and the correspo...