ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,972, issued on June 16, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Image management apparatus managing automatic image deletion of transferred image based on grace period, and image management method and recording medium" was invented by Nobuhiro Aoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: set a grace period for image deletion in response to transferring one or more images from a first storage area to a second storage area different from the first storage area, according to a user's instruction; and give an instruction to delete, from the first storage area...