ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,143, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable medium that inspect a print product based on first and second document images" was invented by Yuichi Nakada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus obtains first information indicating a local displacement between a first document image and a first read image obtained by reading a print product based on the first document image, generates a reference image obtained by adding the local displacement in accordance with the first information to a second document ima...