ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,256, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus for generating surface profile of three-dimensional geometric model, control method therefor, and storage medium" was invented by Yuto Yoshida (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to obtain a binary volume, generate a multivalued volume by performing filter processing on the obtained binary volume, and generate a surface profile of a three-dimensional geometric model based on the gen...