ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,133, issued on April 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capture apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Tadayoshi Ono (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture apparatus comprises a controller that controls the image capture apparatus so as to output, to an external, data of a first image for detecting a position and orientation of the image capture apparatus, and capture a second image of an external display apparatus displaying the first image, The controller further controls the image capture apparatus so as to capture, a third image, of which background is the external display appar...