ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,803, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus, control apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Reiji Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus configured to generate image data by imaging includes a vibrator configured to generate vibration recognizable by a user, and a processor configured to detect a specific object in the image data, select the specific object as a target for processing relating to the imaging and control the vibrator according to a detection result."

The patent was filed on April 9, 2024, under Application No. 1...