ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,053, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Kimitaka Arai (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes one or more computer-readable storage media, and one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors and the one or more computer-readable storage media are configured to: acquire image data acquired by capturing an image of an object, acquire distance information about a distance from an imaging apparatus, by which the captured image of the object is captured, to the object, acqu...