ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,509, issued on May 6, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for determining presence or absence of print abnormality" was invented by Masatoshi Ishii (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus is configured to determine presence or absence of print abnormality in a target image by comparing a reference image or reference images, each of which is a print result to be a reference, and the target image, which is a print result to be an inspection target. The image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set an inspection co...