ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,228, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOSYO Inc. (Saitama, Japan).

"Image data processing method, image data processing apparatus, and commercial use" was invented by Takafumi Nakagawa (Saitama, Japan) and Souichiro Ito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image data processing apparatus and an image data processing method for generating Provided is a sample image that is close to an actual object are introduced. The image data processing method is configured to perform the following steps 1 to 5. (Step 1) Image data (A0) corresponding to an image (A) is converted to acquire image data (A1). (Step 2) Image data (B0) co...