US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Jan. 28 for "Control method, control device, and imaging device including interrupted detection light in exposure period" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,855, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Control method, control device, and imaging device including interrupted detection light in exposure period" was invented by Yasuhiro Shingu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for controlling a light control module including a light emitter that radiates detection light according to the present disclosure, includes interrupting radiation of the detection light by the light emitter in at least part of an exposure period in which exposure is being performed in still image shooting or moving image shoot...