Richard CanonNews / Thursday, February 15, 2018 / Categories: Canon Patents This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Canon Patent Application on improving eye detection on viewfinders In this patent application, canon looks to improve if and when they turn off the LCD display to conserve battery life. This patent uses a combination of sensors to detect if the LCD is open, viewable or tucked away to determine the distance thresholds automatically. For instance, if you have the LCD open and twisted to the front, it's less particular about objects coming close to the viewfinder than it would be if the LCD is twisted and closed. This of course, makes alot of sense to me, and one of the annoyances with the M5 is its LCD shutoff when it detects a tilt upwards as possible eye movement. US Patent Application 20180041712 Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Print Please login or register to post comments.