US Patent Issued to CANON on Nov. 18 for "Control apparatus, control method, and image capture apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,221, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Control apparatus, control method, and image capture apparatus" was invented by Yasuhiro Matsuo (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus for controlling an image capture apparatus is disclosed The apparatus (i) if the target focus distance is longer than a first distance that is a distance between the image capture apparatus and a display apparatus provided in a captured area of the image capture apparatus, controls a focus distance of the image capture apparatus such that the image capture apparatus is in-focus at a second distance determined base...