Patents Examined by Kevin C Butler
  • Patent number: 11921413
    Abstract: A projection screen and a projection system using the projection screen. The projection screen includes a microstructure layer and a light absorbing layer sequentially stacked from the side where a projected light is introduced. The microstructure layer includes multiple microstructure units. Each microstructure unit includes one reflective surface and one lens surface opposite the reflective surface; moreover, the reflective surface is provided at a position matching the focus of the lens surface. The projection screen and the projection system can resist ambient light and have a high gain and a high contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Wei Sun, Jie Wang, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11921104
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to verifying the operation of cell analyzers, including microscope-based cell imaging and counting analyzers. In one general aspect, a mixture of micro-beads having known characteristics is introduced into the analyzer. One or more images of the mixture are acquired with the analyzer's microscope, the images are analyzed, and a determination is made about whether results meet one or more predetermined quality control thresholds. Also disclosed is a hematology control material that can be used to perform the verification and includes a solvent, a dye dissolved in the solvent, and micro-beads suspended in the solvent. In another general aspect, a quality control method for the analyzers includes capturing images of samples that include patient cells using at least a microscope, extracting sample-specific information about properties of the patient samples from the images, and testing information from the samples against predetermined standards to verify the operation of the analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Medica Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Barry, Jr., Lindsay Goetz
  • Patent number: 11906404
    Abstract: A sampling system is disclosed which comprises a collection chamber equipped with an inlet and first and second outlets; a pump which creates a flow of fluid into said inlet from the ambient environment, wherein said collection chamber divides the flow of fluid into a first major flow of fluid along which flows along a first flow path between said inlet and said first outlet, and a second minor flow of fluid which flows along a second flow path between said inlet and said second outlet; a collection surface disposed within said collection chamber and within the second flow path such that particles in the flow of fluid into said inlet impinge on said collection surface; a heater which vaporizes particles that collect on said collection surface; and an analyzer which analyzes the composition of the fluidic flow through said second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Signature Science, LLC
    Inventors: Micah Carlson, Danielle Dickinson
  • Patent number: 11906892
    Abstract: A total reflection screen comprises a light diffusion layer, a total reflection layer and a light absorption layer arranged sequentially from an incidence side of the projected light. The light absorption layer can absorb an incident light. The light diffusion layer is used for increasing a divergence angle of emergent light. The total reflection layer comprises a plurality of microstructure units that is rotationally symmetrical and extends continuously in a plane of the total reflection screen. Each of the microstructure units comprises a first material layer disposed at the side of the light diffusion layer and a second material layer disposed at the side of the light absorption layer. The interface between the first material layer and the second material layer is comprised of two intersecting planes, which are disposed in such a way that the projected light is subjected to total reflection continuously at the two intersecting planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11905442
    Abstract: A screen splicing structure is provided. The screen splicing structure includes a substrate layer, a middle adhesive layer, and a surface layer. The substrate layer includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The second substrate is spliced with the first substrate, and a seam is formed at a splicing place. The surface layer and the middle adhesive layer are stacked. The surface layer covers the seam by bonding the middle adhesive layer and the substrate layer. The peeling strength of the surface layer and the substrate layer is greater than or equal to 1,000 gf/inch. A method for forming the screen splicing structure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jie Wang, Lin Wang, Hongxiu Zhang, Fei Hu, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11899344
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods for selectively controlling the application of a fluid to a sensor enclosure such as a camera housing to protect the housing from overheating. An apparatus that includes a protective shield and a conduit such as tubing for supplying a fluid is described. The protective shield is provided so as to protect an exterior surface of the camera housing from heat caused by sun exposure. The tubing includes an inlet for supplying a fluid such as water or air, can extend through or around an exterior of the camera housing, and includes an outlet with one or more nozzles for ejecting the fluid into a space between the protective shield and the camera housing. Sensor data is received from various vehicle sensors to assess the temperature of the housing, the velocity of the vehicle, and so forth to determine when the fluid should be supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Pony AI Inc.
    Inventor: Anatolii Vitanov
  • Patent number: 11900737
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a failure diagnosis device used for diagnosing the presence of failure or abnormal operation of a wheel bearing. The failure diagnosis device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise a housing; a magnetic coupling part provided in the housing; and a sensing part provided in the housing and configured to detect physical characteristic related to an operational state of a vehicle. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the sensing part may comprise an acceleration sensor configured to collect acceleration information, and the failure diagnosis device may be configured to be detachably mounted to one side of a wheel by virtue of a magnetic force generated by the magnetic coupling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ILJIN GLOBAL Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong Keun Lim, Seok Woo Lee, Kyeong Hyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11892382
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a semiconductor fabrication facility and a semiconductor fabrication facility are provided. The method includes collecting an ambient air in a clean room through a plurality of gas lines with their gas inlets arranged at a plurality of sampling positions in the clean room. The method also includes measuring a parameter of the ambient air by a plurality of metrology devices which are connected to the gas lines. At least two of the sampling positions are measured simultaneously. The method further includes issuing a warning when the parameter detected by the metrology devices is outside a range of acceptable values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Tsao, Tzu-Sou Chuang
  • Patent number: 11892766
    Abstract: Provided is a projection screen, the taper angles of a plurality of triangular pyramid units arranged in an array are designed to gradually change according to a predetermined relationship, so that the image light emitted from the projector is reflected by a microstructure layer with a triangular pyramid unit and then converges to a range centered on the human eye, which reduces the difference in brightness at different viewing positions, so as to ensure that the projection screen has high brightness uniformity and high gain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lin Wang, Xiaofeng Tang, Wei Sun, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11892765
    Abstract: A projection screen includes a substrate with a first substrate surface. The first substrate surface includes a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region. Multiple first wire grid bodies extending in a first direction are provided in the first region. Multiple second wire grid bodies extending in the first direction are provided in the second region. Each first wire grid body includes a first contact surface connected to the substrate and a first surface, and a first angle is formed therebetween. The first angles gradually decrease in a direction from the first region to the second region. Each second wire grid body includes a second contact surface connected to the substrate and a third surface, and a third angle is formed therebetween. The third angles gradually increase in a direction from the first region to the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Shijie Li, Lin Wang, Fei Hu, Wei Sun, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11890994
    Abstract: There is provided an on-board-device bracket capable of appropriately mounting a front portion of an imaging means with respect to a windshield. An on-board-device bracket 10 is formed by a bracket body portion 11 and a front portion 16 connected to a front part of a center portion of the bracket body portion 11. Slits 17 along the front portion 16 are formed between the front portion 16 and the bracket body portion 11. The front portion 16 includes, at the front end thereof, a front bonding portion. The front portion 16 is bent by the slits 17 individually from the bracket body portion 11 and displaced with respect to a windshield 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Takanori Otake, Shohei Seko, Hideaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11886103
    Abstract: The projection screen includes a reflective layer and a light-absorbing layer, where the reflective layer is configured to receive and reflect projection light, and the light-absorbing layer is arranged on the reflective layer; the light-absorbing layer includes a plurality of irregularly arranged light-absorbing members; and the light-absorbing members are configured to absorb at least a part of the projection light, so as to make a brightness of a projected image uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Fei Hu, Shijie Li, Lin Wang, Yi Li
  • Patent number: 11880125
    Abstract: An information display system having acute-angled diffusion characteristics configured to display an image to inside or outside of a space via a transparent projected member, the information display system including an image projection apparatus, a transparent sheet provided on an inner surface of a display region set on a part of the projected member; and a light direction changing unit that directs a direction of image light toward the transparent sheet of the display region, the image projection apparatus including an image light characteristic converting unit, and an image light control film that restricts an emission direction of the image light being provided on an upper surface of the image projection apparatus, so that the image light is not directly delivered to an observer and the image light reflected by the transparent sheet is recognized by the observer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Hirata, Toshinori Sugiyama, Koji Fujita, Eiji Takagi
  • Patent number: 11874217
    Abstract: A device for the photoacoustic characterisation of a gaseous substance, includes a chamber intended to contain the gaseous substance to characterise and into which a light beam is injected. The chamber is delimited, inter alia, by an inner face, on which a part of the light beam is reflected. This inner face is etched so as to have recesses, each recess being delimited laterally by a lateral surface of which a part at least is tilted, with respect to an average plane of the inner face, by a given tilt angle (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Salim Boutami, Maryse Fournier
  • Patent number: 11874586
    Abstract: An image-capturing device includes a camera and a rotating mechanism for orienting the camera in multiple directions. The rotating mechanism includes a motor; a driving gear; a first transmission module including a first input gear, which is selectively engaged with and transmitted to rotate by the driving gear at a first position, and transmitting the camera to rotate in a first direction with rotation of the first input gear; a second transmission module including a second input gear, which is selectively engaged with and transmitted to rotate by the driving gear at a second position, and transmitting the camera to rotate in a second direction with rotation of the second input gear; and a clutch mechanism including a clutch device for driving the driving gear to switch between the first position and the second position. The clutch device includes a solenoid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 11871096
    Abstract: The present invention provides a board mountable system for filming underwater video. The inventive board mountable system can be mounted to the underside of water vehicles for incorporating a camera for filming from an underwater perspective. The inventive board mountable system is shaped to minimize drag as a result of the mounted camera or camera system. Embodiments of the inventive system includes a fin shaped housing for holding a camera or camera system. In certain embodiments, the fin is removably attached to the water vehicle, such as a surf board, where the fin housing can be swapped with other fins being used with the water vehicle for controlling the direction of a watersports board in motion. These embodiments of the inventive system further include a connection means for connecting the fin to the underside of a water vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: John Immel
  • Patent number: 11868031
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrically controlled sliding apparatus for photographic equipment and a locking assembly thereof. The locking assembly for the electrically controlled sliding apparatus includes a fixed base mounted on the electrically controlled sliding apparatus and a locking fitting mounted on the fixed base. A driven member of the electrically controlled sliding apparatus is mounted within the fixed base. The locking fitting is capable of rotating relative to the fixed base after being pressed against the fixed base, so as to lock or unlock the driven member. The locking assembly for the electrically controlled sliding apparatus provided by the present disclosure is convenient to operate and simple in structure, and is capable of achieving that the sliding block is rapidly locked or unlocked on the guiding rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN DASHAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xihua Zhu
  • Patent number: 11852958
    Abstract: A gimbal control method includes obtaining a working parameter of a gimbal, where the gimbal includes an axial arm and a motor configured to drive the axial arm to rotate to drive a photographing device mounted on the gimbal to move in one or more directions. The method further includes obtaining a working parameter of the gimbal when the gimbal is controlled by a remote controller; and in response to the measured working parameter being greater than the working parameter of the gimbal when the gimbal is controlled by the remote controller, controlling the motor to drive the axial arm to rotate to a target attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Tie Su
  • Patent number: 11841225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for measuring a water level by using a UAV and virtual water control points and a method for generating 3D water surface spatial information, and a UAV used therefor. According to an embodiment, an UAV for a water surface survey includes: a position measurement unit configured to receive a GPS signal and to obtain position information of the UAV; a distance measurement unit including a plurality of laser measurement devices configured to project lasers toward the water surface; and a controller configured to calculate a moving distance of the UAV, based on measurement values of the position measurement unit and the distance measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: DONG-A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATION
    Inventors: Jae One Lee, Namsik Park, Sang Min Sung, Byunghee Nam, Doo Pyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11835365
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure discloses a calibration bracket. The calibration bracket includes a base, a vertical rod, a transverse force application member and a transverse force application mating member. The vertical rod is detachably mounted to the base. The transverse force application member is disposed on one of the base and the vertical rod. The transverse force application mating member is disposed on the other of the base and the vertical rod and is configured to be connected to the transverse force application member to apply, to the vertical rod, a force parallel to the base. A limiting protrusion is provided on one of the base and the vertical rod. A limiting opening is provided on the other of the base and the vertical rod. The limiting opening can allow the limiting protrusion to pass through the limiting opening and snugly abut against the limiting protrusion when the transverse force application member applies a transverse force to the vertical rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: AUTEL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Lianjun Liu, Biwang Lai