ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,038, issued on May 27, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus, information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Kenta Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus that generates an image, based on information about a viewpoint position set in a virtual space, the imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to capture an image of a subject formed by an imaging optical system, a drive unit configured to rotate an imaging direction of the imaging unit in a pan direction or a t...