ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,924, issued on May 13, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Chika Fujiwara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes: a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a plurality of captured images of an object captured under a plurality of image capture conditions; a second obtainment unit configured to obtain information on a material of the object; and an estimation unit configured to estimate a distribution of normals of the object based on the plurality of captured images and the information on the ma...