ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,016, issued on July 1, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Stereoscopic lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus" was invented by Takayoshi Yokoyama (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stereoscopic lens apparatus includes two optical systems disposed in parallel. The two optical systems each include a front group, a reflection unit, and a rear group that are disposed in order from an object side to an image side, and an optical axis interval between the rear groups of the two optical systems is shorter than an optical axis interval between the front groups of the two optical systems due to optical path bending by the re...