ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,688, issued on July 21, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium" was invented by Yuta Narukiyo (Tokyo) and Takahiro Kuroyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus configured to perform recognition processing for a target object in an input image, includes at least one memory storing a program, and at least one processor. The processor, by executing the program, causes the image processing apparatus to perform the recognition processing for the target object in a first image having a first resolution ac...