ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,825, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus and method" was invented by Yosuke Hiratsuka (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and method capable of more accurately determining authenticity of an image.An image of a subject is acquired by capturing an optical image from the subject, 3D information is acquired from the optical image on the same optical axis as the image, and a signature of the image and the 3D information is generated. Furthermore, by comparing the image with the 3D information acquired on the same...