ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,777, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to perform a tracking process, using a tracking model" was invented by Motoki Kitazawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus comprises a tracking unit configured to perform a tracking process, using a tracking model, in which a tracking target in a captured image is tracked, and a switching unit configured to switch the tracking model to a first model that tracks a second object as the tracking target when masking of the first object by th...