ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,667, issued on July 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, microscope system, and storage medium" was invented by Akihiro Tsubusaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus obtains image data captured via a microscope, obtains first color information from the image data and detects a region corresponding to an observation target from the image data. The first color information is information relating to saturation, and the image processing apparatus detects a region with a value for saturation based on the first color information that is great...