ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,636, issued on June 17, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and storage medium" was invented by Satoshi Shoda (Tochigi, Japan) and Yasushi Ohwa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging device having a first imaging unit configured to generate an image having a first spectral characteristic and a second imaging unit configured to generate an image having a second spectral characteristic, a calculation unit configured to calculate a first exposure time appropriate for an image having the first spectral characteristic and a second exposure time appropriate for ...