US Patent Issued to CANON on March 25 for "Image processing apparatus for improving image quality of visible light image, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,102, issued on March 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus for improving image quality of visible light image, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium" was invented by Kaihei Kitamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus which is capable of calculating appropriate irradiation conditions for invisible light so as to improve the image quality of a visible light image. The image processing apparatus includes a lighting unit. A feature value of the visible light image obtained by shooting of a subject irradiated with visible light provided by the ligh...