ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,414, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TAMRON Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Lens control device, lens system, and program for controlling a lens to image a subject based on a distance between the lens and subject" was invented by Tomoharu Saito (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens control device according to an aspect of the present invention controls a lens in order to image a subject and includes at least one processor configured to perform a calculation process of calculating a distance between the lens or a camera, to which the lens is attached, and the subject on a basis of a position of the lens or the camera an...