ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,108, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium that generate a perspective projection image from a wide-angle image" was invented by Masaaki Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus configured to generate a perspective projection image from a wide-angle image. The image processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions and one or more processors executing the instructions to function as a first generation unit configured to generate the perspective projection image from the wide-angle image ...