Patents Examined by Leon W Rhodes, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11116047
    Abstract: A heating device is provided. The heating device is installed on a camera device, and includes a thermal sleeve, a thermally conductive elastomer and a heating sheet. The thermal sleeve has an inner-wall surface and an outer-wall surface. The thermally conductive elastomer is configured on the inner-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heating sheet is configured on the outer-wall surface of the thermal sleeve. The heat generated by the heating sheet can be transferred to the lens of the camera through the thermal sleeve and the thermally conductive elastomer to defog and defrost the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Liang-Cheng Chien
  • Patent number: 11112678
    Abstract: Provided is a camera focus adjustment jig (1) fixed to an inspection device and adjusting a focus of a camera (5), the inspection device including the camera (5) configured to photograph an automobile V, and a movable arm (3) to which the camera (5) is fixed via a fixing part (4) and configured to move the camera (5) to a photographing position where the automobile V is photographed. The camera focus adjustment jig (1) includes: a connection arm (6) connected to the fixing part (4); an adjusting unit (7) provided on the connection arm (6) and positioned, with respect to the camera (5), at a position equivalent to a position of the automobile V located at the photographing position; and display parts (9a, 9b) provided on a surface of the adjusting unit (7) facing the camera (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masakazu Adachi, Junichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11099351
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Jung, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 11095800
    Abstract: An imaging unit of the disclosure includes: a camera; a holding member configured to hold an imaging target object to be imaged by the camera; a light irradiation device configured to irradiate lights of different wavelengths from multiple light sources towards the imaging target object held by the holding member; and a control device configured to obtain a proper resolving power value for a light or lights of one or more light sources selected from the multiple light sources for use for imaging, irradiate the light or lights of the one or more light sources so selected onto the imaging target object to image the imaging target object using the camera, and make use of the proper resolving power value in processing an image obtained from the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Kotani, Hidenori Goto
  • Patent number: 11086201
    Abstract: A camera includes a camera controller that provides, using the data communication channel, a first communication for performing a data communication with the plurality of accessory apparatuses, and a second communication for performing a data communication individually with a specific accessory apparatus designated as a communication counterpart by the first communication, output a signal for instructing switching from the first communication to the second communication to the signal transmission channel, performs the first communication at a first communication rate commonly usable for the camera and the plurality of accessory apparatuses, and performs the second communication at a second communication rate commonly usable for the camera and the specific accessory apparatus and equal to or higher than the first communication rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazutoshi Kawada
  • Patent number: 11073744
    Abstract: The portable backdrop for filming and photography is configured for use in filming and photography. The portable backdrop for filming and photography is an opaque structure that forms a blind used to control the image captured by a camera. The portable backdrop for filming and photography comprises a roller clutch and spring system, one or more interchangeable blinds, a fastening structure, and a suspension structure. The fastening structure attach an interchangeable blind selected from the one or more interchangeable blinds to the roller clutch and spring system. The roller clutch and spring system deploys the selected interchangeable blind during a photographic or film session. The roller clutch and spring system retracts the selected interchangeable blind onto a scroll for storage. The suspension structure suspends the roller clutch and spring system and the selected interchangeable blind from an anchor point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Daniel Wilson
  • Patent number: 11067875
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stereo camera device with which it is possible to prevent the deformation of a housing caused by a warp or strain imposed on a cover and a difference in the rate of increase of the temperature of the housing and the cover, as well as to reduce the size of the housing and to cut down component counts and assembly man-hours. In the present invention, fixing of a substrate and a housing together and fixing of a cover and the housing together are performed in common, and the substrate and the cover are fixed to the housing at the same (common) fixing point, whereby a warp or strain imposed on the cover and a difference in the rate of increase of the temperature of the housing and the cover are absorbed by an elastic body that is used for floating/fixing and is provided for the purpose of cancelling a difference in the amount of contraction and expansion caused by a difference in the coefficient of linear expansion of the substrate and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Masuda, Yoshiyuki Sasada
  • Patent number: 11061302
    Abstract: A quick release mount system having a mounting plate with opposed sides, each includes latching surfaces, adapted to be received into a base member having a socket. The mounting system further includes at least one movable latching member for engaging with the latching surface of the mounting plate to prevent separation of the mounting plate from the socket. The mounting system also includes a locking mechanism for clamping said mounting plate within the socket, by pushing the mounting plate in a direction perpendicular to the base, and against the at least one latching member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SYRP LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Thomson, Samuel Blok, James Allen
  • Patent number: 11061300
    Abstract: A flash housing for photographic purposes and method for controlling a flash light is disclosed. The flash housing comprises a flash forming element arranged to generate a flash light. The flash housing further comprises a lens element having a substantially circular cross-section and being arranged to let at least part of the generated flash light out of the flash housing so as to obtain the flash. The flash housing further comprises a zoom element rotatably arranged at least partly along the circumference of the lens element. The zoom element is operatively connected to the flash forming element so as to control movement of the flash forming element by manual rotation of the zoom element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PROFOTO AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Emil Stenbacka, Johan Anséhn
  • Patent number: 11054725
    Abstract: A camera assembly of a gimbal structure is provided. The camera assembly includes a housing and a camera module disposed inside the housing. The camera assembly also includes a cable disposed inside the housing. The cable includes a first connection end, a second connection end, and a transition segment disposed between and connecting the first connection end and the second connection end. The first connection end is configured to connect with the camera module, the second connection end is configured to connect with an external device located outside of the housing. The transition segment includes a first transition segment disposed bending around a first rotation axis of the gimbal structure. The camera assembly is configured to rotate around the first rotation axis of the gimbal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Bin, Tianhang Ma
  • Patent number: 11048195
    Abstract: A fuser is described including a heater, a belt, a rotating member, and a pad. A nip portion is formed between the belt and the rotating member as the pad presses the belt toward the rotating member. The pad is biased toward a restricting member. The biasing may be performed by one or more springs. The spring may be a compression spring, a tension spring, and/or a plate spring among other types of springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahito Kajita, Shuhei Fukue, Kenji Takeuchi, Mingguang Zhang, Tomonori Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11047744
    Abstract: An optimized thermocouple system and a method of optimizing a thermocouple system having a plurality of thermocouple probes and a junction box is provided and includes examining the thermocouple system to identify a first thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes, wherein the first thermocouple probe includes a first positive leg and a first negative leg and is located electrically farthest from the junction box. The method includes calculating a first loop resistance between the first thermocouple probe and the junction box and configuring a second thermocouple probe of the plurality of thermocouple probes having a second positive leg, a second negative leg and a second loop resistance such that the second loop resistance is substantially equal to the first loop resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HARCO-SEMCO, LLC
    Inventor: Igor Giterman
  • Patent number: 11048150
    Abstract: A cover, which is intended for a camera, includes: a base material and a laminated layer formed on the base material. The base material includes resin. The laminated layer includes: a contact layer that includes a siloxane acrylic resin, an acrylic resin including silica, or a silane acrylic resin; a hydrophilic layer that includes a silane acrylic resin; and an intermediate layer that includes resin and serves as a binder to bind the contact layer and the hydrophilic layer. The contact layer is disposed closest to the base material, among the contact layer, the intermediate layer, and the hydrophilic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Uchiyama, Hiroshi Adachi, Yoshihisa Matsuda, Tomokiyo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11042077
    Abstract: A gimbal supporting frame includes a handheld ring. The handheld ring includes a supporting assembly disposed at a lower portion of the handheld ring, and a mounting member configured to mount an imaging device and provided at an upper portion of the handheld ring. The mounting member is configured to protrude upwardly relative to the handheld ring and is located at a center location of the upper portion of the handheld ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shimeng Bei
  • Patent number: 11042036
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first support to fixedly support a wearable device comprising a substantially transparent display screen, a second support physically coupled to the first support, the second support to support a camera lens in a substantially fixed relation to the display screen, and an interface physically coupled to the first support and to the second support, the interface to removably attach the apparatus to a camera support system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Nicholas Ryan Hegge, Benedict Charles Frederic Reed, Gabriela Susana Chennisi Duncombe
  • Patent number: 11022862
    Abstract: An imaging system includes a movable body and a fixed body. In movable body, an imaging device capable of changing an imaging direction is provided. In the fixed body, a circular rail member is provided. The fixed body supports the rail member to be rotatable along the rail member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Kitamura, Honkai Tomimoto, Hirotsugu Noda, Hitoshi Kawahara, Tatsuya Otoshi
  • Patent number: 10996428
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus mutually communicates with an interchangeable lens, via a first communication channel. The imaging apparatus receives optical data transmitted from the interchangeable lens via a second communication channel. The imaging apparatus transmits information relating to a timing for the interchangeable lens to obtain the optical data to the interchangeable lens, and the interchangeable lens obtains the optical data based on this information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideya Takanashi
  • Patent number: 10999487
    Abstract: To enable satisfactory simultaneous and widely varied pictures to be obtained, for example, by allowing a common user to obtain an overall picture while the common user performing desired image capturing, or the like. A first image capturing device image-captures a subject to record this image, and also transmits a trigger signal to a second image capturing device. The second image capturing device image-captures an image to record this image in accordance with the trigger signal. Thus, the first and second image capturing devices enable both of an overall image and a zoomed image to be obtained with simultaneous timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Kashiwa, Kazuyuki Marukawa, Wataru Kato, Yukihiro Ohzeki
  • Patent number: 10976000
    Abstract: A quick detach connector for an imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Really Right Stuff, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph M. Johnson, Sr., Verent Chan
  • Patent number: 10969653
    Abstract: An aperture stop includes a housing, a blades disposed in the housing and rotated to form an incident hole having variable sizes, and a driver to rotatably move the blades. Each of the blades includes a through hole and protrusions disposed on an internal surface of the through hole forming the incident hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Kyung Kim, Young Bok Yoon