ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,002, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Finder device" was invented by Makoto Kobori (Saitama, Japan), Shunsuke Miyagishima (Saitama, Japan) and Hiroki Saito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a finder device capable of preventing dust on a display surface of a display element and reducing an influence of heat which is generated from the display element on an optical system. An electronic view finder (EVF) includes: an optical system that includes a display element, a first lens group disposed in order from the display element side, and a second lens group; a first holding frame that...