US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 25 for "Image pickup apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,202, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus" was invented by Yuji Ueda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes a fixed member, a movable member holding an image sensor and movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a drive unit that drives the movable member, a rollable member disposed between the fixed and movable members, a first yoke member disposed on the fixed member, a second yoke member disposed on the movable member, and a magnet member disposed on the first or second yoke member. A surface of the first yoke member and a surface of the second ...