US Patent Issued to Canon on June 30 for "Orientation calculation apparatus, orientation calculation method, imaging apparatus including orientation calculation apparatus, and method for controlling same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,333, issued on June 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Orientation calculation apparatus, orientation calculation method, imaging apparatus including orientation calculation apparatus, and method for controlling same" was invented by Masaki Yamauchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orientation calculation apparatus includes one or more processors executing instructions in one or more memories to function as an obtaining unit, first and second calculation units, and first and second determination units. The obtaining unit obtains detection signals from a first and second sensor configured to detect movement of a moving a...