ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,117, issued on May 6, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Audio recording apparatus, image capturing apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Akira Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio recording apparatus provided with a heat radiation fan comprises at least one processor and/or circuit configured to function as following units: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a type of microphone used to record audio; a control unit configured to control a rotation frequency for driving the heat radiation fan; and a recording unit configured to record audio acquired by the used microphone, wherein th...