ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,130, issued on March 31, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Tracking camera, tracking camera systems, and operation thereof" was invented by Dario Brescianini (Stuttgart, Germany), Peter Durr (Stuttgart, Germany) and Markus Kamm (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tracking camera is disclosed, including a mirror assembly and event camera each communicatively coupled to a control unit. The control unit receives event data from the event camera and adjusts the mirror assembly based on the event data. A lens assembly includes at least one lens between the mirror assembly and the event camera."

The patent was f...