Patents Examined by Leon W Rhodes
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Patent number: 11536929Abstract: Provided is a driver assembly for driving a moving component. The driver assembly includes: a motor; a transmission portion; and an execution portion; and a shape memory alloy wire connecting the moving component with the execution portion. The moving component is slidably connected to the transmission portion and spaced apart from the execution portion. The motor can drive the transmission portion to lead the execution portion to move along a first direction, in such a manner that the moving component is driven by the shape memory alloy wire to move along the first direction. The shape memory alloy wire is configured to drive the moving component to move along the first direction relative to the execution portion under an external electrical signal. When being applied in the camera module, the driver assembly can drive the movable lens assembly to move along an optical axis, facilitating the zooming and autofocus.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jarno Matikainen, Tomi Lintulahti
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Patent number: 11531253Abstract: A camera mount is disclosed in the present invention. The camera mount includes a gimbal fixing unit, a rotating unit, a camera base fixing unit, a camera fixing screw and a tightening screw. The gimbal fixing unit includes a fixing portion and a rotating portion, and the rotating unit includes a rotating round frame and a connecting structure. The design of the gimbal fixing unit and the rotating unit allows a camera to rotate the composition angle relative to the gimbal, which is convenient for changing the lens without compromising the line of sight of the lens, which solves the problems existing in the use of the gimbal.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: CORNER DESIGN CO., LTD.Inventor: Yi-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 11513461Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and circuitry. The image forming device forms an image on a recording material. The circuitry executes image quality adjustment control for adjusting image quality of the image formed by the image forming device. The circuitry is configured to selectively execute a first control mode for executing first image quality adjustment control and a second control mode including both the first image quality adjustment control and second image quality adjustment control. The circuitry executes only the second image quality adjustment control without executing the first image quality adjustment control in a case in which an execution skip condition for skipping the first image quality adjustment control is satisfied even when an execution condition for executing the second control mode is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Hiroki Yamamura
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Patent number: 11513427Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to mount a camera to a mounting plate, the apparatus comprising: a camera socket connector to connect to a socket of the camera; and a mounting plate connector to connect to the mounting plate, wherein the camera socket connector able to be removably coupled to the mounting plate connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: CKnapp Sales, Inc.Inventors: Micah Fehr, Nicholas Welander
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Patent number: 11513428Abstract: A camera built into a cylindrical housing couples to a stand with a stand member that inserts into an opening having a magnet attracted to ferromagnetic material integrated in the stand member. The stand member may couple to a bracket that holds the camera at a display or to a tripod that places the camera between the display and an end user participating in a video conference. A lens cover couples over a front face of the camera with magnetic attraction and is stored at a rear face of the camera with magnetic attraction. In various embodiments, sensors detect lens cap and/or stand member position to control camera power and/or camera visual image capture operations.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Celia Law, Chun Long Goh, Peng Lip Goh, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Wai Mun Lee
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Patent number: 11513429Abstract: A camera accessory attachable to and detachable from a bottom surface of a camera includes an accessory body, a fastening member configured to attach the accessory body to the bottom surface, an opening that allows a battery to be inserted into and ejected from the camera while the accessory body is attached to the bottom surface, and an accessory lid member attached to the accessory body and movable between an open position for opening the opening and a closed position for closing the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Nakagawa, Yutaka Kojima
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Patent number: 11513425Abstract: A camera built into a cylindrical housing couples to a stand with a stand member that inserts into an opening having a magnet attracted to ferromagnetic material integrated in the stand member. The stand member holds the ferromagnetic material in an adapter interior that integrates a tilt hinge rotationally coupled to the stand member and fixedly coupled to the ferromagnetic material to provide tilt of the camera relative to the stand member about a rotation axis internal to the camera when the stand member adapter inserts in to the camera housing opening.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Celia Law, Deeder Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 11506956Abstract: An information handling system peripheral camera is built in a cylindrical housing, such as an extruded aluminum cylinder, having a bottom portion rotationally coupled to an upper portion by a hinge to act as a bracket that couples the peripheral camera to a display upper surface. A bracket disposed in the housing and exposed by rotation of the bottom portion to an open position rests on the display upper surface to rotate for varied camera tilt. The bottom portion leverages against a rear surface of the display to hold the camera in position.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Peng Lip Goh, Celia Law, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 11500272Abstract: A biaxial tilting device includes: a frame body; and a tilting and driving mechanism configured to drive a member to be tilted so as to be tilted in the frame body, wherein, in an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system, the frame body includes a first gimbal frame opposed to two of the side surfaces of the member to be tilted, each extending in a Y-Z plane direction, and a second gimbal frame opposed to other two of the side surfaces of the member to be tilted, each extending in an X-Z plane direction, and wherein the first gimbal frame is coupled to an external member, the second gimbal frame is coupled to the member to be tilted in a tillable manner, and the first gimbal frame and the second gimbal frame are coupled to each other in a tiltable manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kokichi Terajima
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Patent number: 11497299Abstract: A mounting device includes an internal member and an external member. The internal member includes first magnets disposed in an inner face of the internal member, a shock cavity formed in the inner face of the internal member, and an insert disposed in the shock cavity. The external member is removably coupled to the internal member. The external member includes second magnets disposed in an inner face of the external member. The second magnets are rotatable between a locking position and a release position. The external member also includes a shock ridge formed in the inner face of the external member. The shock ridge is received into the shock cavity and compresses the insert such that impact is dampened during coupling of the internal member to the external member.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: WATCHGUARD VIDEO INC.Inventors: Robert V. Vanman, Brian Mooney, Michael Charles Wuensch
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Patent number: 11500329Abstract: A cartridge detachably attachable to an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium in which a memory unit is fixed by an inexpensive adhesive member that can control adhesion force. The cartridge includes: a memory; and a memory support member that supports the memory. The memory has a semiconductor device storing information related to a cartridge, a sealing material that protects the semiconductor device, and a cartridge electrical contact configured to be electrically connectable to a body electrical contact of the image forming apparatus body for transferring information on the semiconductor device to the image forming apparatus body. The sealing material and the memory support member contain the same type of a thermoplastic resin, the sealing material and the memory support member have bonding faces, and at least parts of the bonding faces are welded and fixed by a solvent.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akira Suzuki, Kaori Noguchi, Yasunori Toriyama
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Patent number: 11493869Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an optical sensor configured to detect a pattern image formed on the image bearing member, and an attachment member to which the optical sensor is attached. The optical sensor includes a circuit board, a light emitting element and a light receiving element which are provided on a first side of the circuit board, and a connector provided on a second side opposite to the first side of the circuit board. The attachment member has a surface contacting the second side of the circuit board. In an insertion/removal direction of a cable to be connected to the connector, a first thickness, from the surface, of a part of a portion, contacting the second side, of the attachment member is smaller than a second thickness, from the surface, of a portion, not contacting the second side, of the attachment member.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroki Sato
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Patent number: 11493832Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a first barrel configured to hold a first lens unit, a fixed barrel configured to hold a final lens unit, a focus lens unit driven by an actuator, and a positioning mechanism configured to determine positions of the first barrel and the fixed barrel in a rotational direction around an optical axis. The first barrel and the fixed barrel are directly connected, and the actuator and the focus lens unit are provided in a space formed by the first barrel and the fixed barrel.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Hayakawa
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Patent number: 11480850Abstract: An optical unit has a lens frame that has a slit in a cylinder, and a blade driving device, comprising an insertion portion for insertion into the slit, wherein an opening, provided in the insertion portion, is disposed between lenses in a lens frame, wherein: the blade driving device comprises a frame that has a recessed lens frame storing portion with the insertion portion protruding; a cylinder of the lens frame comprises a pair of supporting faces that are perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens; and the lens frame storing portion of the frame has contact surfaces that contact each of a pair of supporting faces.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2017Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATIONInventors: Shozo Iwato, Koji Sawanobori, Kazuo Shikama, Kenzo Imai, Nobuaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 11480911Abstract: In an example, a method includes receiving, by at least one processor, an instruction to print a user specified printing task to at least one media sheet. Print operation instructions may be determined. Such print operation instructions may comprise instructions to control a print apparatus to print the user specified printing task and instructions to control a print apparatus to carry out at least one cleaning operation, wherein the cleaning operation comprises duplex printing a print media sheet.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.Inventors: Vitaly Portnoy, Michel Assenheimer, Yoav Nachmias
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Patent number: 11474447Abstract: A liquid electro-photographic printing system, comprising: a binary ink developer assembly, a power supply arrangement, a switching arrangement, and a controller. The binary ink developer assembly includes a plurality of members defining a flow path for a printing fluid containing charged particles, the plurality of members including a first member and a second member that are arranged to generate an electric field therebetween, the first member having a plurality of segments. The power supply arrangement continuously provides a supply of voltages during a print operation, the voltages including a first voltage and a second voltage having a different voltage level from that of the first voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Lavi Cohen, Asaf Shoshani, Doron Schlumm, Michael Vinokur
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Patent number: 11467475Abstract: An electronic device having a concealable camera includes a shell, as well as an image capturing assembly and a retractable reflecting component arranged in the shell. An opening through which the reflecting component extends out of the shell is formed in the shell, and the reflecting component is configured to, during mage capturing, extend out through the opening and reflect a received mirror image onto the image capturing assembly for imaging of the image capturing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jifei Liang, Liang Bai
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Patent number: 11448944Abstract: The embodied invention is a mounting assembly comprising an attaching bracket, a moldable base with a bending metal insert, and a foam attaching tape. The moldable base is conveniently formed to match the curved surface shape, and the foam tape utilizes a pressure sensitive adhesive to bond to the curved surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Inventor: Christian A. Goeller
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Patent number: 11448996Abstract: An imaging system includes an image carrier to carry a toner image, a coating roller to transfer a lubricant from a lubricant source to a surface of the image carrier, the coating roller being disposed adjacent to the image carrier to receive a toner from the image carrier, and a toner adjustment element to adjust a toner amount of the coating roller in an axial direction of the coating roller.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Yoichi Yoshida, Koichiro Takashima, Noriaki Kuroda
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Patent number: 11448940Abstract: A filter holder device for a camera is disclosed that includes a frame having a first side surface, a second side surface, and an opening generally located in the center of the frame, a first filter housing present on the first side surface of the frame opening, and a second filter housing present on the second side surface of the frame opening. The first filter housing may include two housing sections configured to create one or more paired parallel slots. Each of the one or more paired parallel slots may be configured to hold in place a filter that is quadrilateral in shape. Each of the one or more paired parallel slots may include a tension spring.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Wine Country Camera, Inc.Inventor: Rodney Elliott Clark