ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,530, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Teruyuki Higashiyama (Kanagawa, Japan), Ikunari Nakahara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keisuke Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing device includes an angle detection unit configured to detect an angle between a front portion of a movable apparatus and a rear portion of the movable apparatus, a combining unit configured to combine an image captured by a front portion imaging unit provided at the front portion and an image captured by a rear portion imaging unit pro...