US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Distance measuring device, imaging device, and distance measuring method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,625, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Distance measuring device, imaging device, and distance measuring method" was invented by Yuichi Sueyoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measuring device includes a first imaging element having a first pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a second imaging element having a second pixel and having a first parallax in a first direction between the second imaging element and the first imaging element, and distance measuring means for generating integrated distance measuring information based on signals output from the first imaging ele...