ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,437, issued on April 22, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Video recording device and camera function control program" was invented by Kazuhiko Yoshizawa (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hirohito Kuriyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video recording device includes: a first imaging unit (in camera) arranged on a same face as that of a display unit of a casing of the device; a second imaging unit (out camera) arranged on a face different from that of the display unit of the casing of the device; and an audio input unit that inputs a command voice giving an instruction for recording a video signal. A control unit sets a delay ...