Patents Examined by James M. Hannett
  • Patent number: 11637953
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, apparatus, electronic device, storage medium and system for vision task execution, and belongs to the technical field of information. The method includes: acquiring raw image data which is collected by an image sensor and not processed by an image signal processor (ISP); and inputting the raw image data into a trained first raw image neural network for executing a target vision task to obtain a vision task processing result output by the first raw image neural network, wherein the first raw image neural network is obtained based on training with an raw image training set. A vision task in response is executed by employing the raw image data so as to solve the problems that the quantity of image data processed by the ISP is relatively large, and related information may be lost in the related art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY IN SHENZHEN
    Inventors: Yuxing Han, Jiangtao Wen
  • Patent number: 11627248
    Abstract: Provided is a shooting method for a shooting device, including steps of: starting the shooting device to begin shooting a video when the shooting device detects a face, and recording face feature information corresponding to the video; uploading the face feature information and the corresponding video to a server and saving the face feature information and the corresponding video according to an upload and save condition after the shooting is completed, wherein binding relation information between the face feature information and the corresponding video is generated; the server receiving retrieve information, retrieving and matching corresponding face feature information according to the retrieve information, and generating a matching result; and the server outputting, according to the matching result and the binding relation information, video information bound with the matched face feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CHENGDU SIOEYE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhongqiang Du
  • Patent number: 11616897
    Abstract: A camera module includes a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) installed with an image sensor, a base mounted on the PCB, and a bobbin reciprocatingly mounted above the base. A bottom elastic member is fixed to the base to support the bobbin, and a terminal is installed at the base, one end of which is conductively connected to the PCB and the other end of which is conductively connected to the bottom elastic member at a solder part. A solder cut-off part is formed at the base to cut off movement of overflowing solder from the solder part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
  • Patent number: 11611692
    Abstract: A method for identifying and correcting fixed pattern noise includes capturing a focused image and an unfocused image via a variable focus lens. Fixed pattern noise represented in the unfocused image is filtered from the focused image. The unfocused image represents a low-pass filtered component of the focused image; subtracting the unfocused image from the focused image results in a high-pass and fixed pattern noise filtered focused image. Image capture and focus of the variable focus lens are synchronized to remove transitional frames from the image stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Keith, Ming Yu
  • Patent number: 11611691
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a computer implemented method and system for coordinating taking of a picture using a camera and initiation of a flash pulse of at least one flash device. The method is adapted for a system including a first device and at least one remote device. The method comprises the steps of obtaining a time base for a processor element of the first device, estimating a time base for a processor element of each at least one remote device in relation to the time base of the processor element of the first device, scheduling a timing for initiation of the flash pulse of the respective at least one flash device and/or a timing for taking a picture using the camera in the time base of the first device so that the coordination with the timing for taking the picture is obtained, and obtaining at the respective remote device of the system the scheduled timing of initiation of the remote device in the time base of that device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: PROFOTO AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventor: Sven Christian Ridderström
  • Patent number: 11611688
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising a front body, a lens, a rear body, a first substrate, an image sensor, a second substrate, a connector and a cover, wherein the cover includes a bottom plate having a hole in which the connector is to be disposed, side plates extending from the bottom plate, and pressing unit disposed at the bottom plate and elastically supporting the connector, the connector includes a first surface facing the inner surface of the bottom plate of the cover, and a second surface extending from the first surface and disposed in the hole, and the pressing unit includes a first pressing part for pressing the first surface of the connector, and a second pressing part for pressing the second surface of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Yeal Han
  • Patent number: 11606543
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus for controlling white balance of an image is provided. The apparatus detects a white region from image data and calculates a first white balance correction value based on data of the white region. The apparatus also detects, with use of machine learning, a region of a subject that has a preset specific color, from the image data, and calculates a second white balance correction value based on a color of the region of the subject. The apparatus calculates a white balance correction value to be applied to the image data, based on the first white balance correction value and the second white balance correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyohei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11601575
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, a digital image capturing device (DICD) is disclosed that includes a device body with a printed circuit board (PCB), and an integrated sensor-lens assembly (ISLA) that is configured for releasable connection to the device body. The PCB defines a plurality of openings that extend therethrough and includes a plurality of connector pins that are fixedly positioned within the openings. The ISLA includes at least one connective surface that is configured for contact with the connector pins to establish electrical communication between the device body and the ISLA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Finkel
  • Patent number: 11588978
    Abstract: An example image capture device includes memory and one or more processors coupled to the memory and a camera sensor. The camera sensor is disposed to receive light through at least a portion of a display. The one or more processors are configured to determine an effective aperture for the camera sensor. The one or more processors are configured to apply a mask to one or more pixels in the at least a portion of the display, wherein the mask is based on the effective aperture. The one or more processors are configured to capture an image using the camera sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Nikhil Verma, Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada, Darshana Parmanand Hotkar, Balamukund Sripada
  • Patent number: 11588982
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to the use of an always-depleted photodiode in a ToF depth image sensor. One example provides a method of operating a pixel of a depth image sensor, the method comprising receiving photons in a photocharge generation region of the pixel, the photocharge generation region of the pixel comprising an always-depleted photodiode formed by a doped first region comprising one of p-doping or n-doping and a more lightly-doped second region comprising the other of p-doping or n-doping. The method further comprises, during an integration phase, energizing a clock gate for a pixel tap, thereby directing photocharge generated in the photocharge generation region to an in-pixel storage comprising a capacitor, and in a readout phase, reading charge out from the in-pixel storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Minseok Oh, Satyadev Hulikal Nagaraja, Cyrus Soli Bamji
  • Patent number: 11587486
    Abstract: A display device includes a control circuit and a driving circuit driving a display panel to display an image. In response to determining that the driving circuit is to be switched from a running state to a standby state, the control circuit stops supplying power to the driving circuit. In response to determining that the driving circuit is to be switched from the standby state to the running state, the control circuit resumes the power supply to the driving circuit, and transmits a target reset signal to the driving circuit. The target reset signal is the same as a reset signal sent by a host computer to the driving circuit in response to a coupling being established between the driving circuit and the host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Gao
  • Patent number: 11582407
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus and a driving method that can perform imaging at lower power consumption. By providing the solid-state imaging apparatus including a pixel array section on which a plurality of SPAD pixels is two-dimensionally arranged, in which in a case where illuminance becomes first illuminance higher than reference illuminance, a part of the SPAD pixels of the plurality of pixels arranged on the pixel array section is thinned, it is possible to image at lower power consumption. The present technology can be applied to an image sensor, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Fumiaki Sano
  • Patent number: 11568517
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus according to the present invention, includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire positional information indicating a position of an object in a captured image; a display control unit configured to perform control such that an item having a length in a first direction, which corresponds to a range in a depth direction in the image, is displayed in a display, and a graphic indicating presence of the object is displayed in association with a position corresponding to the positional information in the item; a reception unit configured to be able to receive an operation of specifying a set range which is at least part of the item; and a processing unit configured to perform predetermined processing based on the set range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hironori Kaida
  • Patent number: 11563889
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a communication circuit, and a processor configured to be operably coupled to the camera and the communication circuit. The processor is further configured to receive first image data from the camera by controlling the camera based on a first parameter, transmit the first image data to an external electronic device by using the communication circuit in response to acquisition of the first image data, identify a second parameter for controlling the camera at least based on the external electronic device having received the first image data, and acquire second image data by controlling the camera based on the second parameter in response to the identification of the second parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongbum Choi, Arang Lee, Sungoh Kim, Hyunhee Park, Donghyun Yeom, Jonghoon Won, Kihuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11563912
    Abstract: An image sensor includes; a sensor array generating a pixel signal, a ramp signal generator generating a ramp signal having a decreasing slope during a ramp signal enable period between a first time at which a counter enable signal is activated and a third time at which the ramp signal ends falling, a comparator comparing the pixel signal with the ramp signal to trigger an output signal, and counters, where at least one of the counters performs counting during an entire counter enable period extending between the first time and a second time at which the comparator triggers the output signal, but not all of the counters perform counting during at least one section of the counter enable period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11563894
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a processor that upsamples a vibration signal. The processor determines a correlation value. The correlation value may be based on a microphone signal, the upsampled vibration signal, or both. The processor determines filter coefficients. The filter coefficients may be determined based on the correlation value being above a threshold. The filter coefficient may be based on the upsampled vibration signal. The processor filters the vibration signal based on the filter coefficients to remove a noise portion and obtain a processed microphone signal. The processor outputs the processed microphone signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Dick, Eric Penrod, Erich Tisch
  • Patent number: 11558538
    Abstract: An operationally dependent external camera system for use with a portable computer device. The system includes a portable computer device, a camera, and an operation cord. The camera may include a lens, image sensor, circuit board, microphone, and control unit. The operation cord is coupled between the camera and the portable computer device to continuously transmit both data and electrical power between the portable computer device and the camera thereby making the camera operationally dependent on the portable computer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: OPKIX, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Mikah Fuller, Tamio Lucien Stehrenberger, Shahin Amirpour, John McGuiness, C Lawrence Greaves
  • Patent number: 11546508
    Abstract: A polarization imaging system for generating a super resolution image is disclosed in the present invention. The polarization imaging system consists of multiple functional elements for the generation of the super resolution image including a camera device, a polarization analysis module, a weight module, a fusion module and an output module. The lens of the imaging system captures light coming from a subject which is detected and acted upon by a polarization sensor. The polarization sensor generates multiple low resolution images and calculates degree of linear polarization and angle of polarization of the light rays based on which a guided mask is generated. The system employs an algorithm to combine the one or more low resolution images to produce a final super resolution image as the output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Black Sesame Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Zhaowei Xin, Chao Wang
  • Patent number: 11546499
    Abstract: This invention provides an image capturing apparatus having an interface for connecting with a device including a programmable integrated circuit, and a storage unit for storing configuration data of the programmable integrated circuit, wherein the apparatus comprises an updating unit which updates the configuration data of the storage unit of the device via interface; and a determining unit which determines whether the updating is completed by the updating unit, wherein the updating unit writes, via the interface, the configuration data to the storage unit by issuing a updating request to the device and transferring the configuration data, and receives, via the interface, the configuration data by issuing a readout request to the device, wherein the determining unit determines whether the updating is completed by determining whether the received configuration data matches the written configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tatsuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11528422
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuroh Yasuda, Yohsuke Suzuki, Atsushi Matsutani, Takashi Maki