US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 15 for "Image processing apparatus and image processing method for determining the presence or absence of abnormalities in partial images" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,027, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus and image processing method for determining the presence or absence of abnormalities in partial images" was invented by Keiji Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan), Hidekatsu Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keiji Yamasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus applies a learning process to a learning model using training data generated from first original images obtained by capturing a subject of inspection. The apparatus then performs, using the learned learning model, deduction processing on input data generated from a second ...