US Patent Issued to Canon on May 20 for "Information processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,734, issued on May 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, method, and computer-readable medium" was invented by Takeru Sasaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiromitsu Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akitoshi Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises at least one processor; at least one memory storing at least one program; a light source; and a capturing unit configured to acquire image data by capturing an image formed on a medium, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to extract information multiplexed in the image from an image captured ...