ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,116, issued on March 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Imaging apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Nakamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus includes a vibration device and a control substrate for outputting vibration. The control substrate controls the vibration device to vibrate during a period including a readout period of an image signal from an imaging device in an image capturing sequence. A vibration direction of the vibration device is arranged so as to be parallel with a direction of a readout wiring line (vertical signal line) of the imaging device."
The patent was filed on April 13, 2023, ...