ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,778, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Shozo Yoshimura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masakazu Fujiki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information processing apparatus that performs control related to movement of a moving object configured to measure its own position includes a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor that, upon execution of the instructions, is configured to operate as a first acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information about an environment where the ...