Patents Examined by Amy R Hsu
  • Patent number: 12294805
    Abstract: An imaging device with low power consumption is provided. A pixel includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit can generate imaging data and retain difference data that is a difference between the imaging data and data obtained in an initial frame. The second circuit includes a circuit that compares the difference data and a voltage range set arbitrarily. The second circuit supplies a reading signal based on the comparison result. With the use of the structure, reading from the pixel is not performed when it is determined that the difference data is within the set voltage range and reading from the pixel can be performed when it is determined that the difference data is outside the voltage range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Yoneda, Hiroki Inoue
  • Patent number: 12289523
    Abstract: Visual content is captured by an image capture device during a capture duration. The image capture devices experiences change in position during the capture duration. The trajectory of the image capture device is smoothed based on a look ahead of the trajectory. A punchout of the visual content is determined based on the smoothed trajectory. The punchout of the visual content is used to generate stabilized visual content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: César Douady, Thomas Derbanne, Maxim Karpushin
  • Patent number: 12289517
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods to control a robotic device using natural language commands. A natural language command may be received by a system. The system may convert the command into low-level machine controls and logic for implementation by a robotic device to achieve a desired action. In some instances, an API module may include mapping data to associate high-level commands with low-level machine controls. A language model may process the natural language command (input), high-level commands, and/or other information, such as system state, sensor observation data, parameters, etc., to determine one or more commands to execute by a robotic device and possibly logic for execution by the robotic device. The robotic device may receive the low-level machine controls and logic to cause the robotic device to perform the requested actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Armada Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Pragyana K. Mishra, Alexiy Buynitsky, Sina Ehsani
  • Patent number: 12267579
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provided a method, electronic device and storage medium for capturing. The method includes: while displaying a capturing page, determining a current key part proportion information based on a current preview image collected by a camera, wherein the current key part proportion information is information on proportion of key parts of a subject in the current preview image collected by the camera; generating current capturing prompt information based on the current key part proportion information, and presenting the current capturing prompt information in the capturing page, the current capturing prompt information comprising at least one of capturing angle prompt information or capturing distance prompt information; and in response to a capturing instruction, controlling the camera to capture the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shijia Zhao
  • Patent number: 12267590
    Abstract: A substation inspection device includes a rack, an anti-vibration mechanism, a camera apparatus and a lock-stop apparatus. The anti-vibration mechanism is mounted on the rack. The camera apparatus includes a first mounting seat and a camera assembly. The first mounting seat is mounted on the rack through the anti-vibration mechanism. The camera assembly is mounted on the first mounting seat. The lock-stop apparatus is mounted on the rack and is configured to fix the camera apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: DONGGUAN POWER BUREAU OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefeng Ning, Yi Rao, Dexing Sun, Wanwei Wang, Guanke Liu, Xiliang Dai, Rongfu Zhong, Zhiqiang Lin, Wei Wei, Zehuai Liu, Zhantu Yuan, Long Li, Yuanjia Li, Chuanming Tan, Yongyuan Wang, Dawei Lu, Libin Qin, Wenrui Chen, Haipeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12267588
    Abstract: Dual-aperture digital cameras with auto-focus (AF) and related methods for obtaining a focused and, optionally optically stabilized color image of an object or scene. A dual-aperture camera includes a first sub-camera having a first optics bloc and a color image sensor for providing a color image, a second sub-camera having a second optics bloc and a clear image sensor for providing a luminance image, the first and second sub-cameras having substantially the same field of view, an AF mechanism coupled mechanically at least to the first optics bloc, and a camera controller coupled to the AF mechanism and to the two image sensors and configured to control the AF mechanism, to calculate a scaling difference and a sharpness difference between the color and luminance images, the scaling and sharpness differences being due to the AF mechanism, and to process the color and luminance images into a fused color image using the calculated differences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gal Shabtay, Noy Cohen, Nadav Geva, Oded Gigushinski, Ephraim Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 12265313
    Abstract: Video display systems comprising a video display and a camera assembly are shown and described. In one example, video cameras may be stowed in and deployed from a compartment proximate the upper surface of the display and configured to deploy in an arc-like motion and for rotation about a center of the video camera housing itself. In other examples, video cameras may be aligned with openings in the frame of the television screen and operatively connected to shutter plates that selectively admit light to or block light from the camera. In a further example, video cameras may be provided on motorized mounts that are attached to the frame to collect multiple images for video processing tasks to enhance the video image in a variety of ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Vizio, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Baxter, Glen Gihong Kim, Zeev Neumeier
  • Patent number: 12261182
    Abstract: An image sensing device includes an image pixel region including active pixels, each active pixel configured to generate an imaging pixel signal through a photoelectric conversion of incident light received by the active pixel, and an optical black pixel region disposed separately from the image pixel region and including a plurality of black pixels and a light blocking layer that blocks incident light from entering the black pixels, each black pixel configured to generate a black pixel signal for correcting dark current. The image pixel region includes a condensing lens layer configured to condense the incident light, and the optical black pixel region includes a dispersion lens layer configured to disperse the incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.
    Inventor: Eun Khwang Lee
  • Patent number: 12262136
    Abstract: Surface pressure measurements on rotating models are important for flow phenomenon identification, understanding flow mechanisms and model aerodynamic design. The disclosure discloses a periodic pressure field measurement system based on the superposed lifetime of pressure sensitive paint, including pressure sensitive paint, a pulse light source, a camera, a synchronizer and a computer. A lifetime superposition method is disclosed in the disclosure for measuring periodic pressure fields of pressure sensitive paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Limin Gao, Ning Ge, Bo Ouyang, Lei Wang, Xiangfu Lei
  • Patent number: 12256161
    Abstract: First image data and second image data are captured by a first image sensor and second image sensor(s), using at least two different settings. The first image data includes first subsampled image data of at least a first part of a first field of view of the first image sensor that has at least a part of overlapping field of view. The first image data and the second image data are processed together, using HDR imaging technique, to generate a first HDR image and a second HDR image. During processing, interpolation and demosaicking is performed on the first subsampled image data, by employing the second image data and using HDR imaging technique. Demosaicking is performed on the second image data, by employing the first image data and using HDR imaging technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Varjo Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Mikko Ollila
  • Patent number: 12256573
    Abstract: A sensor package structure includes a substrate, a sensor chip disposed on and electrically coupled to the substrate, a plurality of adhesive rings disposed on the sensor chip, a plurality of filtering lenses respectively adhered to the adhesive rings, and an encapsulant that surrounds the above components. A sensing region of the sensor chip has a layout boundary and a plurality of sub-regions that are defined by the layout boundary and that are separate from each other. The adhesive rings are disposed on the sensing region, and each of the adhesive rings surrounds one of the sub-regions. Each of the filtering lenses, a corresponding one of the adhesive rings, and a corresponding one of the sub-regions jointly define a buffering space. The encapsulant is formed on the substrate and covers the layout boundary of the sensor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Shuai Chang, Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Fu Yu, Wei-Li Wang, Bae-Yinn Hwang, Jyun-Huei Jiang
  • Patent number: 12250489
    Abstract: There is provided a subject emphasizing device that includes a visible-light moving image acquisition unit that acquires a moving image including a subject and a background, and a subject region extraction unit that extracts a region of the subject from the moving image. Then, a background drawing unit draws background information, in a region other than the region of the subject in the moving image. An effect application unit applies a visual effect to the region of the subject, based on an intensity of the visual effect determined by an effect intensity calculation unit according to a distance from a camera to the subject. A video compositing unit combines the region of the subject to which the visual effect has been applied by the effect application unit with the background information drawn by the background drawing unit, generating a composite video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisako Sugano, Yoichi Hirota
  • Patent number: 12250477
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an image sensing system comprising: a rolling shutter image sensor comprising an array of pixels in a frame arranged into a plurality of image lines extending along a width direction, and distributed in a scanning direction which is perpendicular to the width direction, wherein the rolling shutter image sensor is configured to scan the frame by sequentially scanning each image line along the scanning direction, wherein scanning each image line includes making the pixels in each image line sensitive to light for a predetermined exposure time, and then determining an intensity readout for each pixel of the respective image line; a lens system configured to project at least two similar outgoing images of an object onto the image sensor, the outgoing images offset from one another in the scanning direction, wherein the outgoing images are projected onto the image sensor such that each pixel of an outgoing image corresponding to a position on the object matches a pixel or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Victor Martinus Gerardus Van Acht
  • Patent number: 12250799
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a front case, a rear case, and a shield member. The front case supports an imaging optical unit. The rear case includes an electrically conductive output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging optical unit. The shield member electrically connects the front case and the output mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka Matsumoto, Makoto Saito, Yoshihisa Shimazu, Keiichi Ujita
  • Patent number: 12244924
    Abstract: Provided is an information processing device including an image capture unit that captures an image of a subject and converts the image into digital data to generate a captured image, a calculation unit that calculates, for each predetermined area of the captured image, a probability that the subject included in the predetermined area is a main subject desired to be captured by a camera operator, a determination unit that determines the predetermined area in which the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold as a valid data area and that determines a main subject area based on the valid data area, and a focusing unit that focuses on the determined main subject area. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately bring the main subject into focus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Goto
  • Patent number: 12244945
    Abstract: An image sensor according to the present disclosure includes: a first pixel group, which includes a first pixel unit corresponding to a first color, and a plurality of first pixels arranged with an m×n form. The image sensor further includes a second pixel unit, which corresponds to a second color, and a plurality of second pixels arranged with the m×n form. The image sensor further includes a third pixel unit, which corresponds to a third color, and a plurality of third pixels arranged with the m×n form, and m and n are natural numbers greater than or equal to 3. A first micro lens is formed on the first pixel unit and shared by at least two adjacent first pixels in a first direction among the plurality of first pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonchul Choi, Kyungho Lee, Heesang Kwon, Seoyun Park, Jung Bin Yun
  • Patent number: 12238401
    Abstract: A tablet computing system may include a housing member defining a first portion of a back exterior surface of the tablet computer, at least a portion of a side exterior surface of the tablet computer, a raised rim extending from the back exterior surface and at least partially defining a sensor assembly hole extending through the housing member, and a support ledge positioned in the sensor assembly hole. The tablet computing system may also include a frame member positioned at least partially in the sensor assembly hole and coupled to the support ledge, a camera bracket coupled to the frame member, a first camera module coupled to the camera bracket, aa second camera module coupled to the camera bracket, the camera bracket fixing the relative positions of the first camera module and the second camera module, and a cover member positioned in the sensor assembly hole and attached to the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: John K. Queeney, James A. Stryker, Jeremy Hill, Kienan D. McCarty, Lee B. Hamstra, Tavys Q. Ashcroft, Trevor M. Cardiff
  • Patent number: 12238419
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body, a first movable body movably disposed on the fixed body and coupled to an image sensor having an imaging plane oriented in a first direction, and a first driver configured to rotate the first movable body about an axis orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the fixed body, wherein the first driver includes a tilt guide ball disposed between the fixed body and the first movable body to provide a tilt center for the first movable body with respect to the fixed body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Bong Jang, Sang Jong Lee, Hee Soo Yoon, Tae Ho Yun, Seung Jae Song
  • Patent number: 12222476
    Abstract: An imaging device may generate a zoom image corresponding to a plurality of magnifications by adjusting an effective focal length through a multi-layer optical system including an active imaging array having an active imaging lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyuhwan Choi, Dong Kyung Nam, Kiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12225281
    Abstract: A mobile terminal in which an imaging unit is provided on a front surface side and a display unit and a sensor are provided on a back surface side includes a signal processing unit which, from a signal output by the imaging unit, generates information to be displayed by the display unit, and a control unit into which a signal from the sensor is input and which controls the signal processing unit. A display state of the display unit based on the control performed by the control unit includes a first display state for display in a first display region if no detection signal is being input from the sensor, and a second display state for display in a second display region if a detection signal is being input from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuji Nishimura