Canon Patents

Latest Canon Patents

Canon Patent Application: Full Frame Quad Pixel AF Sensor

In this patent application (JP2023-166867) Canon looks to improve the performance and…

Canon Patent Application: Canon TS-R lenses

Do you remember those two patent applications here and here that we…

Canon Patent Application: Further IBIS heat improvements.

We just went into a long discussion over why reducing heat from…

Canon Patent Application: IBIS heat transfer improvements

As sensors get more complicated, faster, and also more stacked there is…

Canon Patent Application: High Precision AF for Tilt / Shift Lenses

In this Canon Patent Application (2023-153460) Canon discusses both the need and…

Canon Patent Application: Small telephoto 70mm Primes

This patent application (2023-149130)shows some interesting and fairly simplistic optics for 70,…

Canon Patent Application: Haptic Feedback for R1/R3 camera bodies

One of the issues with a totally silent camera is the fact…

Canon Patent Application: Handheld tilt-shift

We recently discussed the patent here that talked about a motorized tilt-shift…

Canon Patent Application: More Super Telephoto Zooms

Canon has published a series of 3 patent applications at the same…

Canon Patent: Motorized Tilt / Shift Lens

This Canon patent application delves into the operation of a motorized tilt-shift…