ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,045, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to RAKUTEN GROUP INC. (Tokyo).

"Image processing system, image processing method, and program for fraud detection" was invented by Yeongnam Chae (Tokyo), Mijung Kim (Tokyo), Yuko Yoshida (Tokyo) and Ayana Taura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing system, comprising at least one processor configured to: acquire a target image showing a target foreground that is a foreground being an estimation target for fraud and a target background being a background of the target foreground; and estimate fraud relating to the target foreground based on the target background shown in the tar...