ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,702, issued on July 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device and method for controlling electronic device" was invented by Rurika Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device sequentially displays a plurality of frame images of a moving content on a screen and displays a timeline area corresponding to a reproduction period of the plurality of frame images on the screen. The electronic device calculates a position on a track connecting reference positions of a first frame image and a second frame image, sets the calculated position as the reference position of the third frame image, and sets a plu...