ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,516, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA (Torrance, Calif.).
"Control device and control method" was invented by Yasunori Ishii (Osaka, Japan), Satoshi Sato (Kyoto, Japan) and Kunio Nobori (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires an image obtained by imaging by an imaging device in which a mask having a plurality of pinholes is arranged so as to cover a light receiving surface of an imaging element; a control unit that controls at least one of a size and an interval of two pinholes among the plurality of pinhol...