ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,410, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, optical transmission apparatus, optical communication system, program and image processing method" was invented by Masaaki Kikuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus 5 is provided with a processing unit, the processing unit acquiring images 44 that are continuous over time, acquiring a position of a visible light source in a lit-up state in each of the continuous images 44, as a position of a movable body 3; and acquiring identification information about the movable body 3 based on a blinking pattern ...