ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,547, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Shiori Wakino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus comprises: an arithmetic unit configured to perform arithmetic operation processing using a hierarchical network; a storage unit configured to store input data inputted to the arithmetic unit and output data outputted from the arithmetic unit; a transmission unit configured to transmit to the arithmetic unit the input data stored in the storage unit; a reception unit configured to receive and store in the storag...