US Patent Issued to CANON on June 17 for "Accessory having function of performing reproduction driving of focus lens, control method and memory medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,545, issued on June 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Accessory having function of performing reproduction driving of focus lens, control method and memory medium" was invented by Hideya Takanashi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Munenori Date (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory detachably attached between an interchangeable lens and an imaging apparatus includes a communication unit for communicating with the interchangeable lens and the imaging apparatus, a first operation unit operated when focus position information on the interchangeable lens is to be acquired from the interchangeable lens, a memory unit storing infor...