ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,732, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image processing device and image processing method" was invented by Eiji Kaneko (Tokyo) and Masato Toda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The image processing device includes a change area detection unit which detects a change area, where an object has changed compared to the first image, in the second image obtained by observing the same observed area as an observed area in the first image, an image correction unit which performs a correction process to make the change area in the second image smaller relative to a non-change area where the object has not changed, and ...