Patents Examined by Gevell Selby
  • Patent number: 10229943
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for pixel-wise imaging of a scene. The method including: receiving a pixel-wise pattern, the pixel-wise pattern including a masking value for each pixel in an array of pixels of an image sensor; producing an electronic signal at each pixel when such pixel is exposed to light received from the scene; and directing the electronic signal at each pixel to one or more collection nodes associated with such pixel based on the respective masking value, the one or more collection nodes each capable of integrating the received electronic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventors: Roman Genov, Kiriakos Neoklis Kutulakos, Navid Sarhangnejad, Nikola Katic, Mian Wei
  • Patent number: 10199410
    Abstract: There is provided a method and system for pixel-wise imaging of a scene. The method including: receiving a pixel-wise pattern, the pixel-wise pattern including a masking value for each pixel in an array of pixels of an image sensor; producing an electronic signal at each pixel when such pixel is exposed to light received from the scene; and directing the electronic signal at each pixel to one or more collection nodes associated with such pixel based on the respective masking value, the one or more collection nodes each capable of integrating the received electronic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Inventors: Roman Genov, Kiriakos Neoklis Kutulakos, Navid Sarhangnejad, Nikola Katic, Mian Wei
  • Patent number: 10199417
    Abstract: A stacked-type image sensor has an imaging chip and a signal processing chip. The imaging chip includes a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, a plurality of output terminals provided so as to respectively correspond to the plurality of pixels, a first signal selection unit capable of inputting and outputting signals of pixels among the plurality of pixels, and a selection control unit that controls the first signal selection unit. The signal processing chip includes a plurality of input terminals electrically connected to the plurality of output terminals, a second signal selection unit capable of distributing and outputting signals that are input from the plurality of input terminals, and a signal processing circuit that performs predetermined signal processing on the signals distributed by the second signal selection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shintaro Shimokura
  • Patent number: 10187556
    Abstract: A camera module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; an image sensor arranged on the substrate; a lens housing, which is arranged on the substrate, and in which a lens is coupled; an elastic member arranged between the substrate and the lens housing; and a plurality of fastening members which fasten the substrate and the lens housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seung Ryong Park
  • Patent number: 10178311
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a control method thereof include a display and a camera configured to be provided at an upper portion of the display apparatus to generate an image signal, the camera being movable to an up position or a down position. Also included are a voice sensor configured to receive a voice of a user, a power supply configured to supply electric power to the camera and a controller configured to control the camera to generate the image signal when the camera is in the up position. The controller is also configured to control the camera to disable the generation of the image signal and to output a message indicating that the camera is in the down position, when the camera is in the down position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-ick Jang, Se-jun Kim, Chang-yong Kim
  • Patent number: 10158789
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photographing system and a method for synchronizing image quality thereof, and more particularly, to a photographing system capable of synchronizing image quality between a plurality of cameras by controlling the image quality of a sub camera by transmitting, together with a synchronization signal, an image quality adjustment value generated by the main camera to the sub camera and a method for synchronizing the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Inventor: Eun Hong Park
  • Patent number: 10154191
    Abstract: Emotional/cognitive state-triggered recording is described. A buffer is used to temporarily store captured video content until a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user is detected. Sensor data indicating a change in an emotional or cognitive state of a user triggers the creation of a video segment based on the current contents of the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Gordon, Cem Keskin
  • Patent number: 10154218
    Abstract: An encoding circuit includes a clock generating unit having a delay circuit in which n (n is a power of 2) delay units are connected together a latch unit configured to latch the plurality of delayed signals; and an encoding unit configured to encode state of each of the plurality of delayed signals, wherein the encoding unit encodes the state of each of the plurality of delayed signals by performing: a first operation of determining a position at which logic states of two or more delayed signals in a signal group change from High to Low, a second operation of determining a position at which logic states of two or more delayed signals in the signal group change from Low to High, and a third operation of determining that logic states of two or more signals including at least one delayed signal in the signal group are predetermined states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshio Hagihara
  • Patent number: 10136067
    Abstract: An observation apparatus includes an image-pickup control unit configured to set an image-pickup condition of an image-pickup unit so as to control the image-pickup unit, and an enlargement control unit configured to conduct control so that display enlargement is conducted for part of an observation image picked up by the image-pickup unit when a prescribed manipulation is made while the observation image is displayed and to control the image-pickup control unit so that at least a portion of the image-pickup condition set on the basis of an observation image that is not enlarged is changed and set on the basis of a target for which the display enlargement is to be conducted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10133155
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device that includes a body and a viewfinder. The viewfinder is movable in two or more directions, between an encased position and a operative position. The viewfinder is encased inside the body at the encased position. The viewfinder is projected outside the body at the operative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Fujii, Toshihide Kanazawa, Hikaru Tanoue, Takaya Konishi
  • Patent number: 10136037
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a camera sensor and a lens hood. The camera sensor may be configured to capture video data of an environment near the apparatus. The lens hood may be configured to reduce an amount of glare from a light source. A lens effect results in a distortion of the video data captured by the camera sensor. An edge of the lens hood comprises a curvature corresponding to the distortion resulting from the lens effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KUNA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Keenan, Noah Washington
  • Patent number: 10116854
    Abstract: Provided is a photoelectric conversion apparatus, including: a sensor cell unit including a photoelectric conversion unit, an amplification unit, a select switch, and a reset switch, the amplification unit including an input node and an output node; an output line; a signal processing unit; and a control unit. The output node is electrically connected to the signal processing unit via the select switch and via the output line in this order. The input node is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion unit, and is electrically connected to the signal processing unit via the reset switch and via the output line in this order. The control unit controls the reset switch and the select switch to be both in a conductive state in a predetermined period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Inventor: Satoshi Kato
  • Patent number: 10110837
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for data transmission in an image sensor are disclosed herein. An example data transmission circuit may include a plurality of transmission banks coupled in series with a first one of the plurality of transmission banks coupled to function logic, where each of the plurality of transmission banks are coupled to provide image data to a subsequent transmission bank in a direction toward the function logic in response to a clock signal, a plurality of delays coupled in series, wherein each of the plurality of delays is associated with and coupled to a respective transmission bank of the plurality of transmission banks, and wherein the clock signal is received by each of the plurality of transmission banks after being delayed by a respective number of delays of the plurality of delays in relation to the function logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yingkan Lin, Tiejun Dai, Cheng-Pin Lin, Yu-Shen Yang
  • Patent number: 10108640
    Abstract: A communication apparatus includes a communication unit that requests image data from an external apparatus and receives image data from an external apparatus in response to the request, a display control unit that displays the received image data on a display unit, and a receiving unit that receives an instruction for selecting displayed image data. The communication unit further requests, from the external apparatus, metadata of selected image data and receives the metadata without receiving the image data. The metadata is recorded in a header area of a file containing the image data stored in the external apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuji Kawai
  • Patent number: 10104293
    Abstract: Reducing the risk of fracturing of a suspension wire in a camera module that has an image stabilizing function. A camera module is provided with a joining portion (12e) that is joined to a suspension wire (16), and a flexible portion (12d) that suppresses inclination with an axis (22b) serving as a center axis, which passes through the joining point (P), and inclination of the joining portion (12e) with an axis (22a) serving as a center axis, which passes through the joining point (P) and is orthogonal to the axis (22b), and that connects the joining portion (12e) and the moving portion (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sekimoto
  • Patent number: 10091429
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a memory; a touch screen; a first camera having a first capturing angle; a second camera having a second capturing angle that is wider than the first capturing angle; and a controller. The controller is configured to: cause the touch screen to display a first preview image of the first camera, a second preview image of the second camera, or both the first and second preview images overlapping each other; cause the memory to store a first image taken by the first camera in response to a first capture command received while the first preview image is displayed; and cause the memory to store both the first image and a second image taken by the second camera when a wide-angle capturing condition is satisfied while at least one of the first preview image or the second preview image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungjin Kim, Yunmi Kwon, Kiseon Lee, Taehyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 10091434
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer program products for image sensors with overlapped exposure brackets supporting multiple short exposures are described. In one aspect, a method of capturing an image is disclosed. The method includes capturing, on a first subset of pixels on an image sensor, a first image with a first exposure length. The method further includes simultaneously capturing, on a second subset of pixels on an image sensor, a plurality of images with a second exposure length, wherein the second exposure length is shorter than the first exposure length. The method further includes combining the plurality of images with a second exposure length into a second image. Finally, the method includes combining the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ji Soo Lee, Jiafu Luo
  • Patent number: 10075687
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program that are capable of obtaining a higher-quality luminance image. The imaging apparatus captures a luminance image with a monochrome image sensor and also captures a color image with a color image sensor. A magnification aberration amount determination unit analyzes the amount of magnification chromatic aberration of each image height position on the basis of information on magnification chromatic aberration of a lens unit. A recording image selection unit selects the luminance image captured with the monochrome image sensor or a luminance image obtained from the color image captured with the color image sensor on the basis of the result of the analysis on the amount of magnification chromatic aberration, and sets the selected luminance image as a recording image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tadashi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10075649
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an image capturing apparatus and an image capturing method that a high dynamic range synthesized image can be subjected to exposure compensation desired by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rika Miketa, Katsumi Katou, Daisuke Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 10075624
    Abstract: A portable camera is provided for, including a camera section, a body section, and an attachment portion, wherein the camera section and the body section are configured to contact one another along an angled surface that allows the camera section to swivel with respect to the body section. The attachment portion may also be connected to the body section via a magnet and may further include ports for attaching to a charging and/or data cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BOSE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gustavo Fontana, Mark A. Zeh, Brian David Mulcahey