US Patent Issued to CANON on April 14 for "Image pickup apparatus capable of controlling power supply, its control method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,088, issued on April 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus capable of controlling power supply, its control method, and storage medium" was invented by Satoshi Ishimaru (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus is attachable to and detachable from an accessory and configured to set a first mode, and a second mode that consumes power less than that of the first mode. The image pickup apparatus includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to control the accessory by communicating with the accessory, limit power supply to the acc...