ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,452, issued on July 15, was assigned to Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG (Munich).

"Remote control device for a motion picture camera" was invented by Hendrik Voss (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote control device is configured for a motion picture camera which has a lens and at least one lens focus setting motor for setting a focus distance of the lens and with which at least one distance measurement device for determining a distance measurement signal is associated. The remote control device comprises a portable operating unit having a base part, a first operating element that is movable into a cont...