ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,423,986, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image capturing apparatus and vehicle" was invented by Yuki Kanai (Tokyo) and Jun Kawata (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus capable of capturing essential parts in high resolution comprises an image capturing unit configured to include an optical system that forms a low-resolution region on the central side of a light-receiving surface and a high-resolution region on the peripheral side of the light-receiving surface, wherein the image capturing unit is arranged on a vehicle so that an image of a lower side and forward-rearward di...