Ricoh has a new patent for a “photographing apparatus” with a tilting sensor that can focus on two objects at different distances with a tilting focal plane:
The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus, and in particular relates to a photographing apparatus in which automatic tilt (automatic rotation) of an imaging plane (imaging surface of an image sensor) is possible.
Here is the full list of all recently filed Ricoh patents – I will try to go over it and report on the more interesting filings:
