ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,475, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Keisuke Matsuoka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus comprising: a first identifying unit configured to identify the position of an object that is a tracking target based on an image obtained by an imaging unit; a second identifying unit configured to identify the position of the object based on radio waves received from a wireless device that the object holds; a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not the object overlaps w...