ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,726, issued on July 22, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Optical system and image pickup apparatus having the same" was invented by Shunji Iwamoto (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit having a negative refractive power, a second lens unit having a positive refractive power, and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power. During image stabilization, the second lens unit is moved in a direction including a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical system, and the first lens unit and the third ...