US Patent Issued to Canon on Oct. 28 for "Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program comprising acquiring an image generated by reading an original, and removing noise from an object region with a size smaller than a size specified in a first threshold" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,174, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program comprising acquiring an image generated by reading an original, and removing noise from an object region with a size smaller than a size specified in a first threshold" was invented by Naoki Shimada (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuki Omagari (Tokyo), Kazuya Ogasawara (Kanagawa, Japan), Akitoshi Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shinichi Miyazaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquiring unit configured to acquir...