ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,258, issued on May 26, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Failed image management apparatus, operation method of failed image management apparatus, and failed image management system" was invented by Yosuke Ohashi (Ashigarakami-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first calculator calculates a first index value quantitatively indicating an imaging failure state for each imaging menu using a first calculation formula having a variable based on the number of times of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu and a variable based on the rate of occurrence of imaging failure for each imaging menu. A first extractor ...