US Patent Issued to Canon on April 14 for "Image capturing apparatus, movable apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,301, issued on April 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing apparatus, movable apparatus, image capturing method, and storage medium" was invented by Ryo Fueda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to make it easier for a user of a movable apparatus to grasp the relationship between an automobile as a movable apparatus and the peripheral conditions thereof, an image capturing apparatus that is disposed on the movable apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture images of a portion or the entirety of a front side transparent member of the movable apparatus and at least one of a right la...