US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 20 for "Image pickup apparatus that performs gimbal control" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,095, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus that performs gimbal control" was invented by Kaori Miyoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus that can be reduced in weight and size while ensuring gimbal control with high accuracy. The image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup device through which an optical axis of an optical lens passes, a zoom lens barrel, supported by a connection part, which changes a focal length by moving the optical lens in an optical axis direction, and a first drive device including one end to which the connection part is fixed, which r...