Patents Examined by Christopher E Mahoney
  • Patent number: 11487133
    Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a carrier, a frame, a lens holder, an autofocusing (AF) ball bearing, and an optical image stabilization (OIS) ball bearing. The carrier is coupled to the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction. The frame is coupled to the carrier and configured to move in a first axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis direction. The lens holder is coupled to the frame and configured to move in a second axis direction, perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis. The AF ball bearing is disposed between the housing and the carrier. The OIS ball bearing is disposed on either one or both of the carrier and the frame, and the frame and the lens holder. Either one or both of the AF ball bearing and the OIS ball bearing have an elastic modulus of 20 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Park, Seok Cheon Lee
  • Patent number: 11486904
    Abstract: An electronic module has an electronic element 210; a connection body 250 provided on a front face of the electronic element 210; and a detection part 100 having a winding wire part 10 provided so as to surround the connection body 250, and a winding return wire part 50 connected to a terminal end part of the winding wire part 10 and returns from the terminal end part toward a starting end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Ikeda, Kazuyuki Sashida
  • Patent number: 11480864
    Abstract: A reflective transparent screen exhibiting high brightness over a wide region in the screen although with a narrow viewing angle, and an image display system is provided. The reflective transparent screen has a first transparent layer 32 having an irregular surface, a reflective layer 40 formed on the irregular surface, and a second transparent layer 52 formed on the irregular surface on which the reflective layer 40 is formed so as to fill irregularities. The irregular surface of the first transparent layer 32 has a slant angle in a first direction being within a range of from ?44? to +44?, and a slant angle in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction being within a range of from ?44? to +44?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Naruki Yamada, Yukihiro Tao
  • Patent number: 11460754
    Abstract: A vehicle and a camera bracket include a lens hood which surrounds a detection space of an external environment detection camera, the lens hood includes a bottom surface forming part which forms a flat-shaped surface (a bottom surface) facing the detection space, the bottom surface extends to spread radially in the detection direction from the lens side and includes a reflected wave reducing structure on this bottom surface, and the bottom surface forming part includes a partition part that partitions the reflected wave reducing structure into a plurality of regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Kasai, Takahiro Ohmoto
  • Patent number: 11454865
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a lens cap with an integrated iris that screws onto a camera lens. Once secured on a camera lens, the iris may be opened by rotating an outer edge of the lens cap in a first direction. When in an open position, the entire surface of the camera lens is free from obstruction and photos may be taken as if the lens cap were not even there. The iris can literally disappear within an edge of circular lens cap. By rotating the lens cap in an opposite direction, the lens may be completely covered by the integrated iris again. For example, the iris may be opened by rotating the lens cap in a clockwise direction and then closed again by rotating the lens cap in a counter clockwise direction. Once installed, this lens cap never has to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Inventors: Bradley Hogan Rivas Devine, Beau Oyler
  • Patent number: 11448952
    Abstract: A screen comprises the following layers sequentially stacked from an incident side of projected light rays: a micro-lens layer, a transparent matrix layer, a total internal reflection layer, and a light-absorbing layer. The light-absorbing layer absorbs light passing through the micro-lens layer, the transparent matrix layer, and the total internal reflection layer. The micro-lens layer comprises a plurality of micro-lens units. The total internal reflection layer comprises a plurality of microstructure units. The microstructure unit has a lower first flat surface and an upper second flat surface. The first flat surface intersects the second flat surface. The plurality of microstructure units forms a serrated structure. The micro-lens units and the microstructure units are at least partially arranged in an alternating manner. The projected light rays converged toward the first flat surface exit after being totally internally reflected by the first flat surface and the second flat surface sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Appotronics Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Fei Hu, Wei Sun, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11442354
    Abstract: A projection screen includes a screen board, a connecting cloth, a screen frame, and at least one connecting member. The screen board has a first surface and a second surface opposite, the screen board has a light receiving region and an edge region surrounding the light receiving region. At least one edge of the connecting cloth protrudes from a corresponding edge of the screen board, and at least a portion of the second surface of the screen board located in the edge region is connected to the connecting cloth. The screen frame has a hollow structure, an orthographic projection of the screen board on a plane parallel to the first surface is located within an outer border of an orthographic projection of the screen frame on the plane. The at least one connecting member connects at least one edge of the connecting cloth to the screen frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: HISENSE LASER DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianjun Li, Changming Yang, Qiang Zhong, Yun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11443878
    Abstract: An operation unit includes an operation member, a gear portion provided on the operation member, a plurality of gears engaged with the gear portion and rotatable, and a plurality of magnets, each of which is provided to a corresponding one of the plurality of gears. The plurality of gears rotate so as to change an attractive force between the magnets, when a user operates the operation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shoma Mizutani, Natsu Mikami
  • Patent number: 11434881
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of manufacturing an apparatus that includes a rectangular frame, a first load bearing conductive support bisecting the rectangular frame lengthwise, and two artificial muscle actuators disposed on the same sides of the rectangular frame as the first load bearing conductive support on opposite sides of the first load bearing conductive support is disclosed. The apparatus includes a non-conductive platform, where the width of the frame is sufficiently wide to prevent the non-conductive platform from touching the sides of the frame when rotated about the axis of the load bearing support. The apparatus includes a device disposed in the center of the non-conductive platform. Individual actuation of the artificial muscle actuators rotates the non-conductive platform about the axis of the first load bearing conductive support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Marcio Dias Lima, Sergey Li
  • Patent number: 11435647
    Abstract: A light shielding blade including a laminate in which a resin layer is sandwiched between two metal base materials, wherein the two metal base materials each have a specific rigidity of 20×106 [Pa·m3/kg] or more and a specific bending rigidity of 1.0 [Pa1/3·m3/kg] or more, and wherein the resin layer has an elastic modulus of 1 GPa or more and a thickness of 65 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotomo Tamiya
  • Patent number: 11429012
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a standalone audiovisual apparatus for the simultaneous acquisition and management of coverage, the simultaneous recording, and live on-the-fly editing of multiple angles, in accordance with some embodiments. Accordingly, the audiovisual apparatus comprises a body and arms. Further, the body comprises an upper body portion and a lower body portion. Further, the upper body portion comprises a body adapter disposed on the upper body portion. Further, the body adapter is configured for detachably attaching a primary recording device to the body adapter. Further, the lower body portion is disposable on a surface. Further, the arms are coupled to the body. Further, the arms comprise arm adapters. Further, the arm adapters are configured for detachably attaching secondary recording devices to the arm adapters. Further, the arms are configured for moving between arm positions in relation to the body for positioning the secondary recording devices in secondary recording positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: David Craig Holland
  • Patent number: 11421818
    Abstract: A blocking device for shafts includes a housing having a first seat for receiving a shaft movable along a first sliding axis, an actuator received in a second seat formed in the housing and movable along a second sliding axis away from and towards a blocking position of the shaft, and at least one runner which is received in the housing and which is interposed between the actuator and the shaft. The actuator is formed such that, when it is moved towards the blocking position, it urges the one runner both against the shaft and against the housing so as to block the actuator, the runner and the shaft with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: VITEC IMAGING SOLUTIONS S.P.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Speggiorin
  • Patent number: 11415866
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus having a forced air cooling function and capable of having an accessory attached thereto includes an image capturing apparatus body. A lens mount is provided on the apparatus body and can have a shooting lens removably attached thereto. An attachment portion is provided on the apparatus body and can have the accessory removably attached thereto. A built-in microphone is arranged on a side of a surface of the apparatus body, different from any of a surface where an air outlet port for discharging air used for forced cooling is arranged, a surface where the lens mount is arranged, and a surface where the attachment portion is arranged. The built-in microphone is arranged at a location closer to a top surface of the image capturing apparatus body than a bottom surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kojima, Hideki Toichi, Hayato Mano, Yusuke Mogi
  • Patent number: 11415863
    Abstract: A variable aperture device, which is suitable for photographing and filming of a camera module, includes a main body, a fluid passage, and a fluid accommodation cavity, wherein the main body is used to be provided in the camera module, and the main body has a light-transmitting region, the fluid passage is provided in the light-transmitting region of the main body, the fluid accommodation cavity is in communication with the fluid passage for an light-impermeable fluid to be driven to flow back and forth between the fluid accommodation cavity and the fluid passage to enlarge or reduce the light transmission area of the light-transmitting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenyu Chen, Yinli Fang, Hailing Ding
  • Patent number: 11415862
    Abstract: If vibration propagates to an operation button that is a moving member in a state where the operation button is not touched by a user, a noise is generated from near the operation button. Therefore, an electronic apparatus that reduces a noise generated from near an operation button is provided. In an electronic apparatus, a vibration device has a first vibration mode of vibrating an operation unit at a second position and a second vibration mode of vibrating an exterior member at a first position, and the operation unit is not in contact with a vibration propagation member at the first position, and the operation unit is in contact with the vibration propagation member at the second position or as the operation unit arrives at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takazumi Seo
  • Patent number: 11408917
    Abstract: A measuring arrangement for redundantly determining a quantitative value of a current flow includes a first and second current-measuring modules connected in parallel, where the first current-measuring module includes a first analogue input and a first current measurement resistor and a voltage-measuring unit to determine the value of current flowing into the analogue input and through the first current measurement resistor, the second current measuring module includes a second analogue input and a second current measurement resistor and a voltage-measuring unit to determine the value of current flowing into the second analogue input and through the second current measurement resistor, and includes a control unit that detects a gradual change in voltages determined by the voltage-measuring units, and when gradual changes in the voltages that are counter to each other occur, a current-measuring module is excluded from the determination of the quantitative value of the current flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Eberhard Schlarb
  • Patent number: 11409188
    Abstract: A camera fixed by suction to a transparent member and configured to capture an image through the transparent member includes: a planar portion having an opening; an auxiliary member attached to a surface of the planar portion and including a hole formed therein, the hole communicating with the opening of the planar portion, the auxiliary member having a plate shape and being brought into contact with the transparent member; and a suction portion causing the auxiliary member to be attached by suction to the transparent member by forming a negative pressure in the opening of the planar portion, in which the auxiliary member is softer than a material of the planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Matsuda, Jumpei Hironaka, Takashi Kihara, Yasuhiro Nomiyama, Ryota Takeshige
  • Patent number: 11402727
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes: an optical system; and a holding member configured to hold the optical system, wherein the holding member includes a first connection portion provided on an object side of the optical system, and a second connection portion provided between the optical system and the first connection portion, and wherein a lens apparatus is detachably mountable to the optical apparatus via the first connection portion, and an optical element is detachably mountable to the optical apparatus via the second connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nakamura, Kazuhiko Kajiyama
  • Patent number: 11397373
    Abstract: A camera-lens waterproofing device is provided, including a shell, a camera lens, a cover ring and an outer cover. A mounting hole is formed in a surface of the shell. The camera lens includes a body and a lens. One end of the body is disposed to the mounting hole, and the other end of the body extends out of the mounting hole. The lens is located at the other end of the body. The cover ring is connected to the body in a sleeving manner and fixed on the mounting hole. The outer cover is fixed at a periphery of the lens in a sleeving manner to form a first-layer waterproof structure and disposed on the surface of the shell, and covers the exterior of the cover ring. The cover ring abuts between the camera lens and the shell to form a second-layer waterproof structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Long-Sing Ye, Chih-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11392011
    Abstract: A digital camera is provided with a vertically long camera body having an approximately rectangular solid shape. An LCD panel provided in a rear surface of the camera body is arranged such that longitudinal directions of the display screen and the camera body correspond to each other. The digital camera is operated through a touch panel provided in a lower portion of the display screen. In a taking mode, an image is displayed in a small size on an upper portion of the display screen. In reproducing, the camera body is rotated sideways by 90 degree. In a reproducing mode, display posture of the image is also rotated by 90 degree, and the image is displayed in a large size on the entire display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Misawa