US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 11 for "Panhead and image pickup apparatus that are capable of achieving cost reduction and miniaturization" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,790, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Panhead and image pickup apparatus that are capable of achieving cost reduction and miniaturization" was invented by Atsushi Miura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaru Tomabechi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panhead capable of achieving cost reduction and miniaturization is provided. The panhead including a fixed portion and a movable portion that is equipped with an image pickup unit and is movable together with the image pickup unit with respect to the fixed portion includes a first communication section configured to include a first moving-rotationally portio...