US Patent Issued to Canon on July 15 for "Illumination apparatus for reducing temperature rise due to light emission and control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,412, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Illumination apparatus for reducing temperature rise due to light emission and control method" was invented by Keita Hirayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination apparatus includes a first target portion including a light source, a second target portion different from the light source, and a processor configured to function as a light emission control unit, a calculation unit, and a control unit. The light emission control unit is configured to control a light emission operation of the light source. The calculation unit is configured to, based on heat gene...