Patents Examined by Amy R Hsu
  • Patent number: 12205300
    Abstract: To provide an imaging device and an electronic device capable of capturing a motion of a subject at a moment desired by a user in the motions of the subject. A CIS (2) and an electronic device (1), which are examples of an imaging device according to the present disclosure, include an imaging unit (5), a memory (6), a detection unit (82), and an erasing unit (83). The imaging unit (5) continuously captures images of the subject to generate image data. The memory (6) stores image data. The detection unit (82) detects the amount of motion of the subject based on the image data in time series. The erasing unit (83) erases image data in which the amount of motion of the subject is less than a predetermined amount of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: C/O SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Goshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12207365
    Abstract: A camera system for a venue including a camera mounted above the venue; a server including artificial intelligence (AI) adapted to follow a subject having a position; the AI adapted to generate aiming instructions based on the position of the subject. The camera being in communication with the server to receive and implement the aiming instructions. The camera system may include a wide area LED light mounted to a light pole. The camera may be mounted to the light pole. The camera system may include wide area LED light is in communication with the server. The wide area LED light produces light at an intensity and the server is adapted to vary the intensity based on the position of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Sportsbeams Lighting, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Cao, Kevin C. Baxter, Min Shi, Fred H. Holmes
  • Patent number: 12200385
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes a light-receiving pixel; a reference signal generator; a first amplification section; a second amplification section; a third amplification section; and a counter. The first amplification section is coupled to a first power supply node and a second power supply node. The first amplification section performs a comparison operation on the basis of a pixel signal and a reference signal. The first amplification section outputs a signal corresponding to a result of the comparison to a first node. The second amplification section includes a first transistor and a first load circuit. The first transistor includes a gate coupled to the first node, a drain coupled to a second node, and a source coupled to the second power supply node. The third amplification section includes a second transistor and a first switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sachio Akebono
  • Patent number: 12192666
    Abstract: An image capture device may receive GPS data during capture of video frames. GPS data may be used to increase accuracy of GPS time of the image capture device. GPS time of the image capture device at a later moment in the capture duration may be used to determine the times of earlier captured video frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: David Newman
  • Patent number: 12184958
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure may include an imaging system that includes a heating element for de-icing. The heating element may be positioned to heat a lens and the front of the housing of the imaging system. Additionally, imaging system or a portion thereof may be manufactured using a continuous molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Moncino, Marcel Tremblay
  • Patent number: 12177553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, including a display panel and a camera, the camera is attached to a side of the display panel by an optical glue, wherein the camera includes a housing, a lens, and a spacer. The spacer is fixed on a side of the housing facing the display panel and completely covers a light incident surface of the lens, wherein a first surface of the spacer is attached to the side of the display panel by the optical glue, and the first surface of the spacer is a flat surface, which prevents a problem of reduced optical effect of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junpu Tang
  • Patent number: 12169180
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electronic system having a printed circuit board with electronic components mounted thereon. At least some of the electronic components are coupled to components of a liquid cooling system. The electronic system has a light source and a photosensitive element. The light source is to illuminate an illuminated region of the printed circuit board and/or at least one of the electronic components. The photosensitive element is to detect a change in reflection from the illuminated region in response to the presence of coolant that has leaked from the liquid cooling system within the illuminated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Prabhakar Subrahmanyam, Ying-Feng Pang, Yi Xia, Mark Bianco, Victor Polyanko
  • Patent number: 12167124
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device may include: a foldable housing foldable along at least one axis; a first display disposed on a first surface of the foldable housing; a second display disposed on a second surface of the foldable housing; a first camera; a second camera; at least one sensor; a memory; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: provide a first preview to the first display by using the first camera in a folded state; receive a region configuration input for the first preview through the first display; after the reception of the region configuration input, sense unfolding of the foldable electronic device by using the at least one sensor; and provide a second preview corresponding to the region configuration input through the second display by using the second camera in an unfolded state. In addition, various other embodiments can be understood through the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwoon Jang, Deukkyu Oh, Kwangtaek Woo, Gisoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12165503
    Abstract: An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a first movable part, a fixed assembly and a first driving assembly. The first movable part includes an optical element, and the first movable part is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable part to move relative to the fixed assembly. The fixed assembly includes a first base and a second base arranged along a first axis, and the first movable part moves along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsi Wang, Xuan-Huan Su, Yu-Chi Kuo, Yueh-Lin Lee
  • Patent number: 12167113
    Abstract: An enclosure for a video camera and light, the enclosure including a housing; an internal body secured within the housing; one or more connections extending from the housing; an end plate secured to the housing, a first window extending through the end plate; and a second window extending through the end plate; an end cap secured to a second end of the housing and to seal the internal body within the housing; a video recorder positioned within the internal body and positioned such that a field of view extends out of the first window; a light positioned within the internal body, the light being independent of the video recorder and positioned such that a beam of light extends out of the second window and parallel with the field of view; a magnet holder extending from the housing; and a magnet within the magnet holder and engaged magnetically with a switch associated with the light; dislodging the magnet from the magnet holder causes the switch to activate the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Inventor: Louis Charles Anderson
  • Patent number: 12160658
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus that includes one or more image sensors configured to capture a plurality of images and store the captured images in a memory. The apparatus also includes a circuitry that detects an input trigger and continues to capture new images in response to the trigger. The numbers of new images captured are equal in magnitude to half the magnitude of the capacity of the memory. The first new image captured after detecting the trigger is tagged as a reference image. In response to the number of new images captured, the sensors are deactivated and the reference image is displayed immediately on a display panel. On detecting an input operation, the apparatus displays a target image from the plurality of images captured in a quick and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kosaka, Kenichi Yoneda, Hidehiro Komatsu, Tatsuya Hama, Miyuki Shirakawa, Keiichi Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 12160668
    Abstract: An image capturing system includes an image capturing unit including an image capturing surface on which pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, exposure parameters being separately settable for the pixel blocks, a determination unit configured to determine a first exposure parameter and a second exposure parameter so that a difference between the first exposure parameter and the second exposure parameter is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, an exposure control unit configured to set the first exposure parameter determined by the determination unit and the second exposure parameter determined by the determination unit alternately as the exposure parameters for the pixel blocks and configured to control image capturing by the image capturing unit, and a display unit configured to display an image captured by the image capturing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuiko Takayama
  • Patent number: 12149810
    Abstract: An imaging device includes an imaging unit that captures an object, a first housing, a second housing that supports the imaging unit and is rotatably supported in a tilt direction with respect to the first housing in order to change an imaging direction of the imaging unit, and a tilt stopper that is in contact with both the first housing and the second housing to regulate rotation of the second housing in the tilt direction with respect to the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junya Yamada
  • Patent number: 12143708
    Abstract: An example electronic device includes a first housing; a second housing; a camera module; a flexible display including a first area exposed at the front surface of an electronic device in a state in which the electronic device is closed, and a second area extended from the first area and exposed at the back surface of the electronic device; a memory; and a processor operatively connected to the camera module, the flexible display and the memory. The processor is configured to control to drive the camera module based on user input, display, in the first area and the second area, an image acquired from the camera module, provide first photography guidance information through the first area, and provide, through the second area, second photography guidance information that differs from the first photography guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyesun Park, Jonghyun Han
  • Patent number: 12137292
    Abstract: Imagers and associated devices and systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an imager includes a pixel array and control circuitry operably coupled to the pixel array. The pixel array includes an imaging pixel configured to produce a reset signal and a non-imaging pixel configured to produce a nominal reset signal. The control circuitry is configured to produce an output signal based at least in part on one of (a) the nominal reset signal when distortion at the imaging pixel exceeds a threshold and (b) the reset signal when distortion does not exceed the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Espen A. Olsen
  • Patent number: 12126920
    Abstract: The imaging element has a first and a second phase difference pixel region each including the plurality of phase difference pixels, and an imaging pixel region between the first and the second phase difference pixel region in the first direction. The processor is configured to cause the imaging element to perform imaging at a frame cycle, execute first readout processing of reading out a signal from the first phase difference pixel region during a first frame period, and execute second readout processing of reading out a signal from the second phase difference pixel region during a second frame period subsequent to the first frame period. A first exposure time, during which the first phase difference pixel region is exposed, and a second exposure time, during which the second phase difference pixel region is exposed, are different from an exposure time of the imaging pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kawai, Koichi Tanaka, Yuya Nishio
  • Patent number: 12126884
    Abstract: A camera may include a substrate for placing components. An image sensor having a light-receiving side and an opposite non-light-receiving side may be attached to a first side of the substrate to receive light from one or more lenses of the camera to capture an image. The camera may also include one or more additional components separate and distinct from the image sensor. The additional components may be placed beneath the non-light-receiving side of the image sensor. The components may be attached to a second side of the substrate opposite the first side where the image sensor is mounted at least partially inside one or more recesses, or embedded at least partially inside the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qi Wang, Ashirwad Bahukhandi, Daniel R Hennigan, Kai Min
  • Patent number: 12118747
    Abstract: A gaze detection apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: a gaze detection unit configured to detect, based on an eye image in which an eye of a user is imaged, a gaze position which is a position at which the user looks; an orientation detection unit configured to detect a head orientation which is an orientation of a head of the user, based on the eye image; a calibration unit configured to acquire a first correction value for reducing a detection error of the gaze position by a predetermined calibration operation; and a correction unit configured to correct the first correction value, based on gaze information related to a current gaze position, a head orientation during the predetermined calibration operation, and a current head orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12114068
    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: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gal Shabtay, Noy Cohen, Nadav Geva, Oded Gigushinski, Ephraim Goldenberg
  • Patent number: 12108142
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device including a plurality of built-in camera lenses having different focal lengths. The electronic device executes processing of displaying a photographing mode selection screen, a lens selection screen, and an exposure control parameter setting screen. The photographing mode selection screen is a screen to select a photographing mode. The lens selection screen is a screen to select a photographing camera lens to be used for photographing from the plurality of camera lenses. The exposure control parameter setting screen is a screen to set an exposure control parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Mitsumori, Sho Kobayashi