US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Imaging apparatus including eyepiece portion, method for controlling imaging apparatus, and recording medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,820, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus including eyepiece portion, method for controlling imaging apparatus, and recording medium" was invented by Kenta Ihara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes a first imaging unit, a second imaging unit, an electronic viewfinder configured to display an image captured by the first imaging unit, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on image data captured by the second imaging unit, whether a user is attempting to view through the electronic viewfinder, wherein in a case where the determination unit d...