ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,735, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium" was invented by Emi Kondo (Tokyo) and Satoru Matsumoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes a sensor, a light-emitting device, one or more processors, and one or more memories. The sensor captures an image of an object through a lens. The light-emitting device provides a notification of a focus state. The one or more memories contain instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform operations as a focus detection unit and a notification control uni...