US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on Feb. 10 for "Automatic focus control device, operation method of automatic focus control device, operation program of automatic focus control device, and imaging apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,853, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Automatic focus control device, operation method of automatic focus control device, operation program of automatic focus control device, and imaging apparatus" was invented by Hideaki Kokubun (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A CPU of a controller of an imaging apparatus includes an imaging controller, a detection unit, and a focus adjustment unit. The imaging controller controls a readout operation of an image signal from an imaging element. The detection unit detects a target region of automatic focus control. The focus adjustment unit performs the automa...