US Patent Issued to Canon on June 24 for "Image capturing system equipped with device capable of flying, method of controlling image capturing system, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,009, issued on June 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image capturing system equipped with device capable of flying, method of controlling image capturing system, and storage medium" was invented by Yoichi Fukumiya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing system including a device that is capable of flying, and an image capturing apparatus that is attached to the device. The device includes a drive unit attached to the device that holds the image capturing apparatus and changes a position of the image capturing apparatus. The drive unit is controlled in a direction in which a lens of the image capturing apparat...