ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,527, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Lens device, filter unit, and imaging apparatus" was invented by Kazuyoshi Okada (Saitama, Japan), Yasunobu Kishine (Saitama, Japan), Atsushi Kawanago (Saitama, Japan) and Yuya Hirakawa (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a lens device, a filter unit, and an imaging apparatus capable of suppressing occurrence of ghosts. The lens device includes a filter unit in an optical path. The filter unit has a plurality of opening portions including a first opening portion and a second opening portion. At least the first opening portion and the second openi...