ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,184, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging control apparatus, imaging control method, and storage medium" was invented by Koyo Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging control apparatus that controls an imaging apparatus that includes and drives a pan drive unit, a tilt drive unit, and a lens drive unit, the imaging control apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a subject from a captured image, a distance acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one distance between the detected subject and a plurality of other subjects, and a control unit configured to switch between a ...