US Patent Issued to CANON on May 26 for "Imaging system, movable unit, and imaging method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,004, issued on May 26, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging system, movable unit, and imaging method" was invented by Daiki Ikari (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system includes an imaging unit disposed on a movable unit, and a processor configured to output image data acquired by the imaging unit to a display unit. The imaging unit is configured to perform imaging at a higher resolution in a peripheral area of an imaging angle of view than that in a central area. A first imaging area in front of the movable unit in a moving direction of the movable unit is imaged in a part of the peripheral area, a sec...