ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,730, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Accessory apparatus and imaging apparatus" was invented by Atsushi Sugita (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory apparatus is connectable to an imaging apparatus along with an interchangeable lens apparatus. The accessory apparatus includes an accessory communication unit configured to provide a communication channel to and from the imaging apparatus, an operation member allowing an operation by a user, and an accessory control unit configured to communicate with the imaging apparatus via the accessory communication unit. The accessory control unit not...