ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,293, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image management apparatus, image management system, and image management apparatus control method" was invented by Kei Tamagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image management apparatus includes a determination unit and a transfer unit. The determination unit is configured to determine a type of a target image represented by image data transmitted from an external apparatus. The transfer unit is configured to transfer, in a case where the type of the target image determined by the determination unit is an original image, the image data of the target image to an inf...