Patents Examined by Gary C. Vieaux
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Patent number: 11930258Abstract: A camera module according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a first component-mounting board, a second component-mounting board, and a spacer component. The first component-mounting board includes an imaging device. The second component-mounting board is electrically connected to the first component-mounting board. The spacer component is arranged between the first component-mounting board and the second component-mounting board. The spacer component includes a component body that is made of a first insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Hirofumi Owaki
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Patent number: 11930308Abstract: Provided are a device and a method for executing gain calculation processing and gain adjustment processing for matching an output of an imaging element of a multispectral camera with an output of a reference machine, on the basis of a reference machine band-corresponding pixel value that is a pixel value within a specific band acquired on the basis of an output value of an imaging element of the reference camera, and an adjustment machine band-corresponding pixel value that is a pixel value within a specific band acquired on the basis of an output value of an imaging element of the adjustment camera.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Masatoshi Takashima
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Patent number: 11930269Abstract: A lens apparatus attachable to an image pickup apparatus includes an imaging optical system, and a communicator configured to communicate with the image pickup apparatus. The communicator transmits to the image pickup apparatus first information used to calculate a depth of field and second information used to normalize the depth of field into a display format of a display unit of the image pickup apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Fuya Mizuochi
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Patent number: 11921330Abstract: In order to efficiently receive spatial light without using a condensing lens, this light receiving device comprises: a first light guide body that has at least a first light receiving surface and a first light emission end and guides, in an oriented manner, signal light entering from the first light receiving surface to the first light emission end; a second light guide body that has at least a second light receiving surface and a second light emission end, the second light receiving surface being connected to the first light emission end, and that guides, in an oriented manner, signal light entering from the second light receiving surface to the second light emission end; and a light receiver that has a light receiving part connected to the second light emission end and that converts the signal light received by the light receiving part to an electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Satoshi Kyosuna, Koya Takata, Fujio Okumura
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Patent number: 11924544Abstract: Reduction in power consumption of a video camera and a remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera and improvement of operability are achieved. In a system including the video camera and the remote controller that displays a captured image of the video camera, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a first prescribed time, transmission of the captured image from the video camera to the remote controller via Wi-Fi communication and displaying processing on a display unit of the remote controller are stopped. Further, when a period in which there is no operation on the operation unit of the remote controller reaches a second prescribed time, the Wi-Fi communication is interrupted. Valid operation unit information in each mode is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Koji Nagahiro, Yoshihiro Otsuka
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Patent number: 11917281Abstract: Example embodiments relate to multiple operating modes to expand dynamic range. An example embodiment includes a camera system. The camera system may include a first image sensor having a first dynamic range corresponding to a first range of luminance levels in a scene. The system may also include a second image sensor having a second dynamic range corresponding to a second range of luminance levels in the scene. The camera system may further include a processor coupled to the first image sensor and the second image sensor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to identify objects of a first type in a first image of the scene captured by the first image sensor and identify objects of a second object type in a second image of the scene captured by the second image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Andreas Wendel, Jeremy Dittmer, Brendan Hermalyn, Benjamin Ingram
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Patent number: 11910083Abstract: A lens module assembly optimization method includes: in preparing a lens module including assembled N lenses respectively formed in cavities: receiving characteristic information of at least N lenses respectively formed in N cavity groups each including a respective plurality of cavities; and processing information for selecting N cavities from the N cavity groups, based on the characteristic information. A past cavity selection result, a fitness function configured based on data of the assembled N lenses or data of the prepared lens module according to the past cavity selection result, and a genetic algorithm are received or stored.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., KYONGGI UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY & ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Hye Geun Min, Ye Rim Choi, Yeon Bin Son, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Young Choi
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Patent number: 11895387Abstract: A modular camera includes a battery module, a camera module, and a lens module that can be connected together to make a water-tight camera suitable for monitoring wastewater in wet environments. The camera module includes multiple different external device interfaces that allow the camera to be directly connected to external power, a number of different analog and/or digital sensors, an auxiliary camera, and one or more control outputs. The camera module includes an artificial intelligence (AI) photo analysis tool that analyzes photographs taken by the camera based on an AI model to automatically categorize each photo in near real-time, thereby allowing the camera itself to detect alarm conditions based on an assigned category for a photo, to take action in response to the alarm, and optionally to activate one or more external devices in response to the alarm.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: I & EyeEnterprises, LLCInventors: Jeremy R. Schueler, Grant S. Ray
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Patent number: 11895385Abstract: Disclosed is an infrared sensor with a switch, and relates to the technical field of infrared sensing. The infrared sensor further comprises a key and a function switch, wherein the function switch is fixed on a substrate and close to the direction of a Fresnel lens, the key is installed on the Fresnel lens, the key is connected with the function switch, a user can press the key and control the function switch to work, and the function switch is electrically connected with the substrate and used for switching the working state. The infrared sensor with a switch is simple in structure and convenient to operate.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Dongguan Bonteck Hardware Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junnan Liao, Junyun Liao, Yaofeng He, Haifu Zou, Enwang Liao
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Patent number: 11889032Abstract: An apparatus for acquiring an image includes an image sensor, a light compensator, and a light filter assembly. The image sensor is on a light output side of the light filter assembly, and is configured to generate and output a first image signal and a second image signal by a plurality of exposures. The first image signal is generated according to a first preset exposure and the second image signal is generated according to a second preset exposure, and they are two of the plurality of exposures. The light compensator includes a first light compensation apparatus, the first light compensation apparatus is configured to perform near-infrared light compensation, and the near-infrared light compensation is performed in at least part of an exposure period of the first preset exposure but is not performed in an exposure period of the second preset exposure.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Meng Fan, Hai Yu, Shiliang Pu
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Patent number: 11889169Abstract: A camera module includes a housing, a reflective member positioned in the housing and changing a direction of light to a direction of an optical axis, a carrier carrying the reflective member and rotatable about a first axis with respect to the housing, and a first ball group disposed between the housing and the carrier, wherein the first ball group includes a main ball member providing the first axis of the carrier, and an auxiliary ball member disposed away from the first axis, and one or both of the housing and the carrier partially accommodates the auxiliary ball member, and includes an auxiliary guide groove extended in a circumferential direction of the first axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young Hwan Kwon, Nam Ki Park, Young Bok Yoon, Soon Seok Kang, Jae Won Jung
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Patent number: 11880964Abstract: A method of processing light field images for separating a transmitted layer from a reflection layer. The method comprises capturing a plurality of views at a plurality of viewpoints with different polarization angles; obtaining an initial disparity estimation for a first view using SIFT-flow, and warping the first view to a reference view; optimizing an objective function comprising a transmitted layer and a secondary layer using an Augmented Lagrange Multiplier (ALM) with Alternating Direction Minimizing (ADM) strategy; updating the disparity estimation for the first view; repeating the steps of optimizing the objective function and updating the disparity estimation until the change in the objective function between two consecutive iterations is below a threshold; and separating the transmitted layer and the secondary layer using the disparity estimation for the first view.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITYInventors: Minye Wu, Zhiru Shi, Jingyi Yu
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Patent number: 11882370Abstract: A camera module according to the present embodiment includes a light emitting part configured to output a light signal to an object, a filter configured to allow the light signal to pass therethrough, at least one lens disposed on the filter and configured to collect the light signal from the object, a sensor configured to generate an electric signal from the light signal collected by the lens, the sensor including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array form, and a tilting part configured to tilt the filter to repeatedly move an optical path of the light signal having passed through the filter according to a predetermined rule. The optical path of the light signal passing through the filter is moved in one direction among diagonal directions of the sensor with respect to an optical path corresponding to the filter being disposed parallel to the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Chang Hyuck Lee, Young Kil Song
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Patent number: 11882351Abstract: An image head with a housing, an integrated sensor and lens assembly (ISLA), a port, and internal componentry. The housing has a front side; a rear side; a top side; and a bottom side. The ISLA extends from the front side and is configured to detect images. The port is located on the rear side that is configured to electrically connect the image head to a base when the image head is inserted into the base. The internal componentry includes: a first microphone located within the front side below the ISLA; a second microphone located within the top side of the housing; a speaker located at the bottom side of the housing; a printed circuit board in communication with the integrated sensor of the ISLA; and a memory located on the printed circuit board and configured to store the images.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Adrian Santos, Nicholas Vitale, Joseph Tucker
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Patent number: 11877045Abstract: To suppress a reduction in yield and to reduce production costs even when a failure has occurred with respect to the alignment and the like of a camera module in a multi-ocular configuration in which a plurality of camera modules is included. An image-capturing apparatus includes a plurality of camera modules; and a support member used to support the plurality of camera modules in a specified positional relationship, the image-capturing apparatus including a first camera module and at least one second camera module as the plurality of camera modules, the first camera module being fixed to the support member, the at least one second camera module being fixed to the support member using an adhesive portion formed of an adhesive that has a property of being released in a specific temperature range.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Seiya Tsuzaki, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Yoichiro Fujinaga
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Patent number: 11874593Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a lens barrel accommodating at least an outer lens element and an inner lens element. An imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) includes an imager disposed at a side. The lens barrel is disposed at the housing such that the imager is aligned with the inner lens element and the outer lens element, with the inner lens element disposed closer to the imager than the outer lens element. A vacuum exists in a space between the outer lens element and the inner lens element to thermally insulate an outer surface of the outer lens element from an inner surface of the inner lens element. Light passing through the outer lens element, the vacuum, and the inner lens element is imaged by the imager.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Zhongyao Liu, Jonathan D. Conger, Steven V. Byrne, Jeffrey A. White, Kevin T. Smith
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Patent number: 11871101Abstract: A system for detecting foreign materials comprising an alternative light source (ALS), one or more filters operationally associated with the ALS, one or more camera lenses operationally associated with the ALS and the filters, one or more processors, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium operatively associated with a computing device operatively associated with the ALS, one or more sensors operationally associated with the computing device and the ALS, wherein the sensors detect the presence of the filter and a camera operationally associated with the lens and the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Kevin Thomas, Andrew Thompson
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Patent number: 11860515Abstract: Systems comprising a folded camera that includes a lens module with a native aperture, the lens module having a height HM, an adaptive aperture located between the native aperture and an optical path folding element, and an adaptive aperture forming mechanism for forming the adaptive aperture, wherein the adaptive aperture forming mechanism has a height HAA not larger than HM, and methods of using same. In various embodiments, the adaptive aperture forming mechanism includes an actuator and at least one pair of blades operative to be moved by the actuator to a plurality of positions to form the adaptive aperture.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.Inventors: Noy Cohen, Ephraim Goldenberg, Michael Scherer
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Patent number: 11825191Abstract: A method for assisting the acquisition of a media content at a scene provided with at least one main acquisition unit connected to a server is disclosed. The method includes performing by a processing unit of the server: receiving, from an electronic device including a secondary acquisition unit, a request for acquiring a media content at the scene, the request including data representative of acquisition conditions at the secondary acquisition unit; and providing in response a first media content generated as a function of data representative of acquisition conditions at the secondary acquisition unit from generic media content outputted by the at least one main acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: OrangeInventors: Xin Wang, Tao Zheng, Xiaoyu Wang
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Patent number: 11818451Abstract: An optical device includes: a display device configured to display an image; a camera mounting component on the display device; a camera on the camera mounting component; and a multi-channel lens on the camera covering the camera and the camera mounting component, wherein the camera comprises an image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Won Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Soo Min Baek, Cheon Myeong Lee, Ju Hwa Ha