ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,853, issued on July 1, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging system, imaging method, control apparatus, computer program and recording medium" was invented by Yuka Ogino (Tokyo) and Keiichi Chono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging system is provided with: a first imaging apparatus (2) that captures an image of an imaging target (T, TP) that is located at a first point (P1); a second imaging apparatus (3) a focus position of which is set at a second point (P2) that is located at a forward side along a moving direction of the imaging target than the first point; and a control apparatus (6) that controls the second im...