US Patent Issued to CANON on June 30 for "Image capture apparatus, control method therefor, image processing apparatus, and image processing system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,879, issued on June 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capture apparatus, control method therefor, image processing apparatus, and image processing system" was invented by Toshihiro Shibata (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture apparatus obtains image data captured using an image sensor and then generates, as metadata, information relating to a state of the image capture apparatus at the time of capturing the image data as well as to the image data. The image capture apparatus comprises a first output circuit for outputting the image data in a first format to an external apparatus and a second outp...