ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,953, issued on May 27, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus and method of controlling imaging apparatus to display focal length" was invented by Tomoyuki Emori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For example, a more user-friendly display is performed for the focus at the time of rehearsal. The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus including a focal length display control unit that performs control to display, on a display unit, a current focal length indicating a position currently in focus and a plurality of focal lengths at preliminary shooting indicating positions in focus at preliminary shoot...