ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,733, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus for image inspection, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Hiroki Watabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes first, second, and third acquisition units, a setting unit, a calculation unit, and a processing unit. The first acquisition unit acquires information regarding a setting for inspecting an image. The second acquisition unit acquires first data that is data of a reference image representing a target print result. The third acquisition unit acquires second data that is data of a...