US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 19 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image capture apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,725, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image capture apparatus" was invented by Masato Sanno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus detects, for a plurality of images obtained chronologically, a position of a characteristic area to be tracked, and generates, based on data of the plurality of images, display image data on which an indicator indicating the characteristic area to be tracked is superimposed. The image processing apparatus generates, when a predetermined condition regarding the characteristic area to be tracked or a...