US Patent Issued to Canon on March 24 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,261, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Koji Fuse (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear feature in an arbitrary direction on an object surface is detected. An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure generates an image of a target object by lighting using a virtual light source and detects the linear feature included in the target object based on the image."

The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2024, under Application No. 18/584,076.

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