US Patent Issued to Canon on May 26 for "Electronic apparatus and imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,749, issued on May 26, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic apparatus and imaging device" was invented by Yutaka Kojima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Genki Tanaka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A layout of a detection unit is provided in an electronic apparatus including the detection unit with which functions of a plurality of sensing devices can be replaced. An electronic apparatus includes a movable member movable with respect to a main body of the electronic apparatus, an eyepiece portion, and a detection unit configured to simultaneously detect an attitude of the movable member and eye contact with the eyepiece portion ...