ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,342, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus that performs machine learning of learning model, learning method, and storage medium" was invented by Hayato Oura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus that performs machine learning of a learning model that can increase a rate of outputting a block dividing pattern as a correct answer. A CPU of the apparatus determines a dividing pattern output from a learning model that outputs, using an image for learning as an input thereto, a dividing pattern obtained by dividing the image, and a weight associated with a similarity with ...