US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 5 for "Image capturing apparatus for capturing and compositing images different in in-focus position, control method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,171, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing apparatus for capturing and compositing images different in in-focus position, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Shogo Matsumoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a sensor configured to capture a plurality of images different in in-focus position in an optical axis direction, and at least one processor configured to function as a control unit configured to control the sensor, a composition unit configured to generate, from the plurality of images, a composite image including an area more focused than each o...