US Patent Issued to Canon on June 9 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,363, issued on June 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Kimitaka Arai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus acquires an image obtained by capturing a plurality of linear images with different line widths generated on a surface of an object, selects a linear image from among the plurality of linear images in the image, and evaluates a state of the surface of the object based on the selected linear image."

The patent was filed on Oct. 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/484,328.

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