ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,976, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Control device, imaging apparatus, control method, and control program" was invented by Masato Fujii (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device of an imaging apparatus that images a subject through a stop, includes: a processor, and the processor is configured to: derive a first exposure value based on captured first image data; drive the stop based on the first exposure value; derive a second exposure value based on second image data captured during the driving of the stop based on the first exposure value; and change, during the driving of the stop ...