ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,834, issued on June 17, was assigned to RAKUTEN GROUP INC. (Tokyo).

"Image processing system, image processing method, and program" was invented by Yeongnam Chae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one processor of an image processing system acquires a target object image including a target object. The at least one processor detects, from the target object image, a plurality of line segments located relatively on an outer side based on predetermined line segment detection processing. The at least one processor acquires, based on the plurality of line segments, information about an outline of the target object in the target...