ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,331, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus" was invented by Shinichi Aratani (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is a client apparatus connected to a network, and includes: a receiver configured to receive first information, which is information on a virtual object, via the network; and a controller configured to acquire second information, which is information on environment of surrounding of the client apparatus, generate an image of the virtual object on a basis of the first information and the seco...