US Patent Issued to Canon on May 19 for "Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,580, issued on May 19, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium" was invented by Junichi Imamiya (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tsukasa Hirabayashi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device configured to photoelectrically convert a first optical image formed by a first imaging optical system, and configured to also photoelectrically convert a second optical image formed by a second imaging optical system arranged in parallel with the first optical system, a calculating unit configured to calculate a three-dim...