ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,664, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Lens device, imaging apparatus, operation method of lens device, operation method of imaging apparatus, and program" was invented by Koichi Tanaka (Saitama, Japan), Shinichi Shimotsu (Saitama, Japan), Taro Asami (Saitama, Japan) and Toshihiro Aoi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor of a lens device is configured to acquire inclination information related to at least one of an inclination of a first drive axis of a drive mechanism with respect to a first axis of an image sensor or an inclination of a second drive axis of the drive mechanism with re...