US Patent Issued to CANON on June 3 for "Image pickup apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,082, issued on June 3, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus" was invented by Yuki Totori (Tokyo), Kazuaki Yamana (Kanagawa, Japan), Yoshikazu Asai (Kanagawa, Japan), Shoma Mizutani (Tokyo), Keisuke Adachi (Tokyo), Sho Nagatsu (Kanagawa, Japan) and Nagisa Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor, an optical filter, a holding member configured to hold the optical filter, a driving unit configured to move the holding member, a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user, and a light blocking member configured to control blocking or opening of an im...