ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,495, issued on May 6, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image processing system, and memory medium" was invented by Yuichi Kusumi (Tochigi, Japan) and Norihito Hiasa (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method includes acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging, generating a first image by correcting a blur component of the captured image, and generating a second image based on the captured image, the first image, and weight information. The weight information is generated based on (i) information on brightness of the captured image or informati...