ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,948, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing control apparatus, image processing apparatus, image capturing control method, non-transitory computer readable storage medium, image capturing apparatus, and device using the image capturing apparatus" was invented by Toshiyuki Fukui (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing control apparatus that causes image capturing to be performed by an image sensor having a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the pixel blocks having a plurality of pixels, comprises a storing unit configured to hold a light emission cycle of a light source that ...