ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,803, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus for detecting a target, image processing method for detecting a target, and non-transitory storage medium for detecting a target" was invented by Shuya Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To detect a detection target by an image analysis, the present invention provides an image processing apparatus 10 including: a determination unit 11 that determines at least one of a degree of congestion, a line of movement, and a moving velocity of a person included in a plurality of images being consecutive in time series; and a presence estimated part de...