ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,387, issued on June 10, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium" was invented by Akira Hirokawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes an image division unit, an image processing unit, and an integration unit. The image division unit divides a palm print image into a plurality of divisional images. The image processing unit determines a valid region in each of the plurality of divisional images by using a fingerprint model, performs image processing that extracts core lines in each valid region, and generates respective process...