ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,961, issued on July 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Apparatus, method, and storage medium" was invented by Shoko Naito (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect a tracking target included in an angle of view based on a signal indicating a pixel position and time at which a change of luminance has occurred, an estimation unit configured to estimate movement of the detected tracking target, and a determination unit configured to determine a control value for changing the angle of view based on the estimated movement of the tracking target."
The patent was filed...