ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,505, issued on May 6, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Target object detection apparatus, target object detection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium" was invented by Toshiyuki Nomura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target object detection apparatus (20) includes an image generation unit (220) that generates, from three-dimensional information acquired by processing a reflection wave of an electromagnetic wave irradiated toward an inspection target, a two-dimensional image of the inspection target viewed from a predetermined direction; an area detection unit (230) that detects, from the two-dimensio...