US Patent Issued to CANON on May 27 for "Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,976, issued on May 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Tomohiko Ishibashi (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to acquire first image information acquired by imaging using a polarization element configured to transmit lights with a plurality of polarization azimuths that are different from each other, determine whether a luminance of at least part of the first image information becomes...