ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,032, issued on April 22, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Image processing device, image processing method, image capturing apparatus, and image processing system" was invented by Kazuhiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing device includes: a determination means for determining an image capturing means used for capturing at least one particular portion in a combined image in which a first partial image captured using a first image capturing means and a second partial image captured using a second image capturing means are stitched together; and a correction means for applying image ...