US Patent Issued to CANON on Oct. 28 for "Image pickup apparatus that is equipped with detection unit, which detects state of user, and has layout, which prevents detection unit from being blocked by hand of user" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,409, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image pickup apparatus that is equipped with detection unit, which detects state of user, and has layout, which prevents detection unit from being blocked by hand of user" was invented by Shogo Iwasaki (Tokyo) and Daisuke Nishioka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image pickup apparatus having a layout preventing a detection unit from being blocked is provided. The image pickup apparatus including a housing and a display unit disposed on a rear surface of the housing includes a user state detection unit to detect a state of a user, a rear surface gripping portion dis...