ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,482, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai City, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method" was invented by Sho Tsujimoto (Sakai City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus including: an image data receiver that receives image data; an optical character reader (OCR) processor that performs OCR processing with respect to the image data; a display that displays various data to a user; an operation acceptor that receives a command from the user; and a controller that displays the image data receiver, the OCR processor, the display, and the operatio...