Egami (translated) spotted a patent filed by Canon for a 1.03x magnification viewfinder. Do not think this patent has something to do with the upcoming EOS 7D replacement, since I doubt Canon would disclose related informations short before the announcement.

• Patent Publication No. 2014-115451
  • Publication date 2014.6.26
  • Filing date 2012.12.10
• Example 9
  • -3 -1 +1 Viewfinder diopter
  • Focal length f = 46.84 48.38 49.99mm
  • Eye point 22.00mm
  • 1.03 1.03 1.02x magnification
  • Pentagonal prism
  • Condenser lens made of glass
  • Eyepiece lens system with the exception of the condenser lens, 4-group structure of the positive and negative positive negative
  • In turn, resin (single-sided aspherical surface), glass, resin (single-sided aspherical surface), the material is glass
• Patent Publication No. 2014-115452
  • Publication date 2014.6.26
  • Filing date 2012.12.20
• Example 1
  • -3.00 -1.00 +1.00 Diopter
  • Focal length f = 62.22 59.69 57.39mm
  • Eye Relief 19.9mm
  • Maximum image height 12.4mm
  • Pupil diameter φ15mm
  • Magnification 0.87x
  • Pentagonal mirror

Egami (translated) spotted a very interesting sensor patent filed by Canon.

The patent refers to a 5 layer sensor, respectively 3 layers for RGB, one for IR, and one for UV. The sensor design aims to a more realistic reproduction of skin tones. As you can see Canon is always pushing research on sensor design.

• Patent Publication No. 2014-103644
  • Publication date 2014.6.5
  • Filing date 2012.11.22
• Canon patents
  • I get the visible light
  • I get the ultraviolet light
  • I get the infrared light
  • I want to extract the skin area
  • The skin region of visible light, I will correct the image from the difference of the skin area of ​​ultraviolet light
  • Signal value of the infrared light is regarded as the skin area, the high part