US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 23 for "Image processing apparatus and method for recognizing state of subject" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,015, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus and method for recognizing state of subject" was invented by Shunsuke Sato (Kanagawa, Japan) and Koichi Takeuchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes detecting means for detecting a plurality of predetermined parts of a subject from an image, estimating means for estimating a cause of failed detection if any of the plurality of predetermined parts is not detected in a result of the detection made by the detecting means, and determining means for determining a state of the subject based on a part ...