US Patent Issued to CANON on June 23 for "Image pickup apparatus and its control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,147, issued on June 23, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus and its control method" was invented by Hideaki Yokoo (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes at least one image sensor, a focus detector, a processor configured to perform focus control of each of the first optical system and the second optical system based on the focus state, and an input unit configured to allow a user to input a first target position in an imaging range through the first optical system. The processor is configured to perform focus control of the first optical system according to the focus...