ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,374, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Kosei Takahashi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first image obtained by scanning a first printed material printed based on print data, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire one or more second images obtained by scanning a second printed material printed based on the print data, and a generation unit configured to generate an image obtained from...