ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,811, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image processing device and control method thereof, imaging apparatus, and recording medium" was invented by Yasuhiko Iwamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus acquires consecutive images in time order and performs image processing on the images. The imaging apparatus detects a first portion (a face or the like) of a subject in the images and detects a second portion (a torso or the like) of a subject in the images. The imaging apparatus uses a detection result obtained from a previously acquired image to perform processes of searching for a detectio...