US Patent Issued to Canon on Feb. 3 for "Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method for controlling image processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,992, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, and control method for controlling image processing apparatus" was invented by Masato Sanno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a case where a user selects a plurality of types of detected objects while switching a main object using an operation member for indicating a direction, the user may select an object that the user is less likely to determine as a major object. An image processing apparatus determines whether to permit any of a plurality of objects to be reselected as a new main object according to whether a region o...