ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,756, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for automatic recording of predetermined number of endoscope images" was invented by Yuya Kawabata (Tokyo), Makoto Kitamura (Tokyo), Akihiro Kubota (Tokyo) and Yamato Kanda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor receives endoscope images to be determined, in each of which an image of an inside of a body of a subject is picked up, determines whether or not an endoscope image for comparison concerning a predetermined inspection site, and ...