ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,174, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Zoom lens and imaging apparatus" was invented by Takuya Tanaka (Saitama, Japan) and Motoari Ota (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side, a focusing part, a variable magnification part, an aperture stop, and an imaging part. The zoom lens is switchable between a first state and a second state by replacing a part of the imaging part that is provided to be replaceable. In response to switching from the first state to the second state, a focal length of the zoom lens changes to a long focal length side while keeping ...