ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,380, issued on April 7, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Hiroyuki Furumochi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprises: an image sensor; an input unit used for inputting an instruction that accompanies switching of an actuation method of the image sensor; and a controller that switches the actuation method of the image sensor using either of a first switching method and a second switching method based on a predetermined condition according to an input of the instruction. In the first switching method, the actuation method is switched via a sta...