US Patent Issued to Canon on July 1 for "Image capturing apparatus, power control method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,861, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing apparatus, power control method, and storage medium" was invented by Koichi Kumagai (Saitama, Japan) and Taira Komatsuzaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus to which a lens unit can be attached, is provided that includes an image sensor; a power supply that supplies power; and one or more processors and/or circuitry which functions as: a determination unit that determines whether or not to supply power to the lens unit based on at least one predetermined condition that includes at least one condition relating to power consumpti...