US Patent Issued to CANON on April 7 for "Optical image stabilization apparatus that provides image stabilization by using movable member and optical apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,387, issued on April 7, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical image stabilization apparatus that provides image stabilization by using movable member and optical apparatus" was invented by Wataru Nakayama (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical image stabilization apparatus includes a first position detector and a second position detector configured to detect a position of a movable member relative to a base member in directions of first and second detection axes that are not orthogonal, a first driving unit and a second driving unit configured to drive the movable member relative to the base member in direct...