US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 12 for "Electronic device for prompting a user to select settings according to the orientation of the electronic device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,103, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device for prompting a user to select settings according to the orientation of the electronic device" was invented by Seiji Ogawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes setting means configured to set a predetermined function related to control of the electronic device and capable of being performed regardless of an orientation of the electronic device, orientation detection means configured to detect the orientation of the electronic device, and control means configured to perform control such that in a case where the orientation det...