ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,265, issued on May 19, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Optical apparatus capable of adjusting a light amount in each of a plurality of optical systems with a simple structure" was invented by Katsuhiko Sato (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus capable of adjusting a light amount in each of a plurality of optical systems with a simple structure is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes a plurality of optical systems, each of which includes a stop, and a controller. The controller adjusts an aperture diameter of the stop in at least one of the plurality of optical systems so as to reduce a differen...