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In a long list of related patent applications, we have yet another patent application (2024-157119) one that deals with Canon’s ever-growing body of research into automatically controlled and camera-adjusted tilt-shift lenses. Sooner or later these things will come out because, at this stage, research continuing across multiple years and not coming out would be a strange way to waste money.
In case you haven’t been following along, these new tilt-shift lenses will allow a plethora of unheard-of functions, including being suitable for handheld operations, autofocus, and automatically adjusting the tilt to deliver the depth of focus necessary to achieve focus on the items you have selected.
In this patent application, Canon is exploring ways to optimize the user interface and the user experience when setting the tilt with the aperture setting (focusing range in machine translation).
Of the two mechanisms, tilt is the most difficult for users to wrap their minds around. Shift is simply perspective, while tilt changes the plane of focus orientation which is more difficult to perceive.
it is difficult to intuitively know how to move the imaging optical system to change the focus range, and it is necessary to move the optical system once, check the change in the focus range, and then change it to the desired focus range.
An object of the present invention is to provide a lens device capable of changing the focus range with a simple operation.
I think what’s important to note is that the hardware has been settled many many many many patent applications ago. Now, Canon is simply fine-tuning the user experience and making this easily the best tilt-shift lens/camera combination.
But as with all patent applications, this is a look into Canon’s research, and marketing is a funny thing, plans can change – so even with all this research, Canon may still pull the plug and go, yeah, naw, not going to do that.
We can hope though.
Japan Patent Application 2024-157119
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