ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,430,943, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Camera device and camera system" was invented by Tetsuji Suzuki (Yokohama, Japan) and Takayuki Sugahara (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device includes: a camera unit mounted on a finger; a biological information obtainment unit configured to obtain biological information on a palm; a camera direction detection unit configured to detect, based on the biological information obtained, a direction of the camera unit relative to a predetermined reference direction; and an output unit configured to add information on the direction of th...