ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,926, issued on June 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Yoshiyuki Akimoto (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes an imaging device including an optical system for forming an optical image including a low-distortion region and a high-distortion region on a light receiving surface and configured to generate an image signal of a side behind a moving apparatus, an image processing unit configured to generate image data from the image signal generated by the imaging device, a detection unit configure...