US Patent Issued to PFU on Sept. 22 for "Image capturing device and panoramic image creation method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,015, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Ishikawa, Japan).

"Image capturing device and panoramic image creation method" was invented by Tomoyuki Kirigane (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing device for capturing an image at an angle of view of approximately 360 degrees in a horizontal direction, includes: a plurality of lenses having an optical axis in the horizontal direction; and an upper hood to shield incidence of light on the plurality of lenses from directly above. The upper hood limits an incident angle of light to an angle greater than or equal to approximately 30 degrees and less than...