ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,591, issued on June 16, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus capable of performing exposure control based on a partial image region, imaging system, controlling method, and storage medium" was invented by Atsuto Sugaya (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided with an imaging apparatus. A first imaging unit obtains a first captured image. A second imaging unit obtains a second captured image. A third imaging unit captures a partial region that is a region of a part of the first captured image, a region of a part of the second captured image, or a region of a part of a composite image obtained...