Patents Examined by Gerald Johnson
  • Patent number: 12711927
    Abstract: A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is achieved. Three or more source lines are provided for each pixel column. Video signals having the same polarity are input to adjacent source lines during one frame period. Dot inversion driving is used to reduce a flicker, crosstalk, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 12708317
    Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosis of Acute Otitis Media (AOM) with a monopolar probe in a territory innervated by a chorda tympani nerve (CTN) by applying a stimulus by the monopolar, measuring a response to the stimulus, changing the strength of the stimulus applied based on the measured response until the measured response reaches a threshold value, determining a first stimulus strength at the threshold value, repeating these steps for another predefined location in a territory innervated by the CTN associated with a second ear, to determine a second stimulus strength at the threshold value for the second predefined location; and diagnosing AOM based on a difference between the determined first and second stimulus strengths for the first and second locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignees: RAMOT AT TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY LTD., ICHILOV TECH LTD.
    Inventors: Ari Derowe, Tal Yehuda Barkai, Linor Klein, Mickey Scheinowitz, Amir Dagan
  • Patent number: 12708349
    Abstract: Ultrasonic testing (UT) data acquired during an inspection of an object is received and a first image of a portion of the object is displayed. The first image is generated in a first scan type based on the UT data. A first user input characterizing a first modification of the first image to focus on a region of interest within the portion of the object can be received, and the first image can be updated based on the first modification. A second user input characterizing a switch from the first scan type to a second scan type can be received. A second image of the portion of the object that is generated in the second scan type can then be displayed. A second modification to the second image based on the first modification to display the region of interest within the portion of the object can be automatically applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Siva Sankar Yadavalli
  • Patent number: 12713201
    Abstract: A method includes identifying a physical object within an environment using a camera of an electronic device, obtaining a content item to be output for display by the electronic device, determining a content position and a content orientation for the content item relative to the physical object, and displaying a representation of the content item using the electronic device so that, from a perspective of a user using the electronic device, the content item replaces the physical object in the environment. The content item is selected based on identifying the physical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David W. Padgett, Christopher D. Fu, Scott G. Wade, Paul Ewers, Ioana Negoita, Thomas G. Salter, Dhruv Aditya Govil, Dimitris Ladopoulos
  • Patent number: 12702335
    Abstract: A system and method wherein a face mounted eye-tracking system is mounted in a dive mask. The mask mounted occulometric system has a novel configuration and enclosure to provide in situ occulometrics and neurological assessment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION INC.
    Inventors: Connor Tate, Savannah Richardson, Jeffrey Phillips, Timothy Hutcheson, Kody Coleman
  • Patent number: 12702318
    Abstract: To provide means for measuring the blood flow rate of gastric subepithelial microvessel in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: JUNTENDO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Akihito Nagahara, Hiroya Ueyama, Yoichi Akazawa
  • Patent number: 12667337
    Abstract: An ultrasonography apparatus includes a processor configured to acquire an ultrasound image group including multiple ultrasound images of a subject captured by an ultrasound probe at multiple imaging positions of the subject, predict an imaging position where a disease predicted in the subject is capable of being imaged on the basis of the multiple ultrasound images of the subject with reference to multiple diagnosed ultrasound image groups and a diagnostic log which is for each of the multiple diagnosed ultrasound image groups and which includes positional information indicating a position of a disease, notify of the predicted imaging position, update the diagnostic log, detect a current position of the ultrasound probe on the subject, and display an image that shows the image of the subject superimposed with the current position of the ultrasound probe and the predicted imaging position on the image showing the image of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Azuma Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12660983
    Abstract: An elongated medical tubular assembly is configured to improve, at least in part, transmission of a signal from the signal-transmitting device, received, at least in part, within the elongated medical tubular assembly, toward the signal-transceiving device of the medical-imaging system. The elongated medical tubular assembly defines a lumen extending from a distal tip toward a proximal end of the elongated medical tubular assembly; and the lumen is configured to receive, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device in such a way that the lumen, in use, receives, at least in part, the signal-transmitting device at the signal-liberating feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited
    Inventors: John Paul Urbanski, Kaylie Lau
  • Patent number: 12653753
    Abstract: A method to operate a head-mountable processing system, is provided. The head-mountable processing system comprising generating one or more control signals based upon a visual motion of a sequence of images for display by the head-mountable processing system, and transmitting the generated one or more control signals to a plurality of transducers to stimulate a wearer's vestibular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: ARM Limited
    Inventors: Daren Croxford, Roberto Lopez Mendez
  • Patent number: 12653409
    Abstract: A heart detection module includes a light emitting component, a light receiving component, and a Fresnel film, where the light emitting component and the light receiving component are disposed in an optical isolation manner, the Fresnel film is located on a same side of the light emitting component and the light receiving component, and a light outlet surface of the light emitting component faces the Fresnel film. The Fresnel film has a light absorption medium, and in a direction perpendicular to the Fresnel film, the light absorption medium is located between the light emitting component and the light receiving component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hangfei Li, Xiaosong Wei, Wenqiang Xia, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12642599
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an ultrasound imaging system including a navigation operation device. The navigation operation device may include a supporting component, a navigation operation component, and a feedback assembly. The navigation operation component may be configured to perform a navigation operation on a display screen; and the feedback assembly may be configured to drive, based on the navigation operation, the navigation operation component to provide a feedback on the navigation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: WUHAN UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rui Zhuang
  • Patent number: 12599438
    Abstract: A system (100) for determining a suitability of positions along a lumen (110) as end point locations for a stent, includes one or more processors (120) configured to: receive (S110), from an intraluminal imaging device (130), a temporal sequence of intraluminal images (1401 . . . n) representing positions along the lumen (110), including at least a first intraluminal image (140i?1 . . . n); and identify (S120), whether or not the first intraluminal image (140i?1 . . . n) represents a suitable end point location for the stent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Vincent Maurice André Auvray, Stéphane Allaire
  • Patent number: 12575735
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a body having a first end portion configured to be held in a user's hand and a second end portion configured to direct light onto a surgical margin. The device includes at least one excitation light source configured to excite autofluorescence emissions of tissue cells and fluorescence emissions of induced porphyrins in tissue cells of the surgical margin. A white light source is configured to illuminate the surgical margin during white light imaging of the surgical margin. The device includes an imaging sensor, a first optical filter configured to permit passage of autofluorescence emissions of tissue cells and fluorescence emissions of the induced porphyrins in tissue cells to the imaging sensor, and a second optical filter configured to permit passage of white light emissions of tissues in the surgical margin to the imaging sensor. Systems and methods relate to imaging devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignees: SBI ALAPHARMA CANADA INC., University Health Network
    Inventors: Ralph S. Dacosta, Kathryn Ottolino-Perry, Christopher Gibson, Nayana Thalanki Anantha, Simon Treadwell, Todd Daynes, Todd Meaney, Garrett Vermey, Carl Annis
  • Patent number: 12581413
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices may assist in power saving in new radio. For example, enable power savings during the connected mode discontinuous reception cycle of the RRC_CONNECTED state of a user equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: InterDigitaI Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshmi R. Iyer, Pascal M. Adjakple, Qing Li, Guodong Zhang, Joseph M. Murray, Yifan Li, Allan Y. Tsai, Mohamed Awadin, Patrick Svedman
  • Patent number: 12575746
    Abstract: A blood pressure measurement device includes a substrate, a protrusion portion, an image sensor, a first light source, a second light source, and a control and processing unit. A plurality of hollow portions is disposed within and enclosed by the protrusion portion. The first light source projects a first light toward the substrate. A finger presses the protrusion portion and the hollow portions, and the image sensor captures an image of a bright area. The control and processing unit determines whether the finger has enough pressure based on the bright area image. The second light source projects a second light toward the substrate, penetrating the substrate and the finger skin to be reflected by a blood vessel. The image sensor captures an image of a changed volume of the blood vessel, and the control and processing unit calculates the systolic or diastolic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Wen Chung, Hsu-Wen Fu, Za-Hara Fu, Chia-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 12569156
    Abstract: An electromagnetic receiving device configured to discriminately react predominantly to an external electric field directed along an axis of said device, comprising a high-permittivity dielectric rod as receiving element, wherein said dielectric rod is oriented along said axis and has a receiving end to be directed towards an object under study, and wherein the device is configured to be essentially resonant with a circularly cylindrical TM00 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Scanwaves AB
    Inventor: Per Olov Risman
  • Patent number: 12539030
    Abstract: An attachment mechanism configured to couple to a receiving port of a bronchoscope, the attachment mechanism including an adapter segment having a tubular body having an inner lumen and distal end, where the distal end includes a plurality of axial slits positioned circumferentially around the distal end to define a flexible tab section, where the flexible tab section defined a recess within the inner lumen configured to receive and mechanically interlock with the receiving port of the bronchoscope; and a slide lock positioned over the tubular body configured to slide over the tubular body between a first position that allows flexible tab section to flex radially outward to receive the receiving port within the recess, and a second position where slide lock restrains the radial expansion of flexible tab section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Inventors: Philip Johnson, Ryan Kaveckis, Lawrence Wales
  • Patent number: 12539174
    Abstract: An augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) system, including a handheld controller, at least two imaging devices and a computer, is capable of simulating a variety of endoscopic, especially urological, procedures, for the purpose of training and/or equipment design evaluation. The handheld controller has inertial sensors for three axes of motion, user actuatable controls for causing the virtual urological endoscope to interact with a virtual urological environment and a haptic feedback generator for providing haptic feedback to the user. The at least two imaging devices are configured to obtain position information relating to the handheld controller and to provide the position information to the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2026
    Inventors: Zhan Tao Wang, Jeremy J. Cepek
  • Patent number: 12508992
    Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head pivotable about a mirror support. A mirror reflective element of the mirror head includes a reflective region defined by a mirror reflector that is viewable by a driver of a vehicle viewing the mirror reflective element. A video display device includes a display screen that is operable to display video images. The display screen includes a plurality of micro-LEDs disposed at electrically conductive traces of a circuit element. A width dimension of individual micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns, and a length dimension of individual micro-LEDs is less than 500 microns. Current passed by individual micro-LEDs of the plurality of micro-LEDs when operated is less than 4 mA. The video display device is operable to display at the display screen video images derived from image data captured by a camera of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory A. Huizen, Eric Peterson
  • Patent number: 12491075
    Abstract: A system and computer-implemented method for manufacturing an orthopedic implant involves analyzing tissue characteristics based on image data of anatomy. Image data of a patient can be analyzed to identify at least one tissue characteristic at different locations along anatomic elements of anatomy of interest. A patient-specific implant configuration can be determined based on the analysis of the image data of a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Carlsmed, Inc.
    Inventors: Niall Patrick Casey, Michael J. Cordonnier, Justin Esterberg