ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,212, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus and image processing method" was invented by Itaru Otomaru (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the image processing apparatus to: an image acquisition processing to acquire a three-dimensional image containing a subject as an object to be imaged, an intersecting cross-section acquisition processing to acquire, from the three-dimensional image, information on a plurality of intersecting cross-sections that inter...