Patents Examined by Marly S Camargo
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Patent number: 11611714Abstract: The present disclosure is directed toward systems, computer-readable media, and methods for generating a personalized selfie reaction-element in connection social media content. For example, the systems and methods described herein generate a personalized selfie reaction-element including a multi-media item and one or more elements and/or enhancements. The systems and method described herein can then provide the personalized selfie reaction-element for use in connection with various types of social media content including communication threads, ephemeral content, posts, and direct messages.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.Inventors: Blake Cutler, Mihika Kapoor, Andew James Taylor, Andrea Mittelstaedt, Peter Jongin Lee, Yo-Tzu Yeh, Duylinh Nguyen
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Patent number: 11606518Abstract: An imaging apparatus and electronic equipment configured for reduced power consumption are disclosed. In one example, an imaging apparatus includes a pixel array unit including a first pixel portion and a second pixel portion different from the first pixel portion. Each of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit adjacent to the first photoelectric conversion unit. The pixel array unit includes a first drive line connected to the first photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion and the second pixel portion, a second drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the first pixel portion, and a third drive line connected to the second photoelectric conversion unit of the second pixel portion. The t technology can, for example, be applied in a CMOS image sensor having pixels for phase difference detection.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Keiichiro Takahashi
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Patent number: 11601611Abstract: An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a counting code generator configured to generate a counting code, a pixel array including at least one pixel, a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to compare a magnitude of a pixel signal output from the at least one pixel with a magnitude of a ramp signal and to output a corresponding comparison signal, a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal synchronized with a first clock signal based on the comparison signal, and a counter circuit configured to latch a value of the counting code to correspond to a transition of a level of the comparison signal based on the pulse signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyuk Oh, Sungyong Kim, Beomsu Yun
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Patent number: 11601586Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first operation member, a second operation member different from the first operation member, a specific operation unit, and a control unit. Where the electronic apparatus is in a first operation mode and in response to the first operation member being operated, the control unit performs control to execute a specific function different from a switching function of switching a lock setting state of an operation on the specific operation unit. Where the electronic apparatus is in a second operation mode different from the first operation mode and in response to the first operation member being operated, the control unit performs control to execute the switching function. The first operation member is an operation member located on a surface lower in height in a direction perpendicular to an operation surface than a surface on which the second operation member is located.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yuko Izaki
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Patent number: 11595580Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods that use and/or generate image files according to a novel microvideo image format. For example, a microvideo can be a file that contains both a still image and a brief video. The microvideo can include multiple tracks, such as, for example, a separate video track, audio track, and/or one or more metadata tracks. As one example track, the microvideo can include a motion data track that stores motion data that can be used (e.g., at file runtime) to stabilize the video frames. A microvideo generation system included in an image capture device can determine a trimming of the video on-the-fly as the image capture device captures the microvideo.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Wei Hong, Marius Renn, Radford Ray Juang
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Patent number: 11595597Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixel blocks each including a plurality of unit image sensing pixels arranged in the pixel array and structured to convert light into photocharges. Each of the unit pixel blocks includes a first sub-pixel block including a first floating diffusion region structured to hold the photocharges and a plurality of unit image sensing pixels sharing the first floating diffusion region, and a conversion gain capacitor arranged adjacent to one side of the first sub-pixel block. The conversion gain capacitor includes an impurity region coupled to an input node that receives a conversion gain signal, and a gate structured to surround the impurity region and coupled to the first floating diffusion region to change a gain of the first floating diffusion region in response to a change in the conversion gain signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventor: Bo Kwang Hwang
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Patent number: 11588973Abstract: There is provided a camera apparatus, including circuitry configured to: output a first image signal for displaying a first image, output a second image signal for displaying a second image. The second image signal is an image signal transmitted as a return signal. Further, the second image is an image that includes one of a location of a focus adjustment in the first image and an enlarged image corresponding to a part of the first image.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Yuuji Ooba
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Patent number: 11588983Abstract: A high dynamic range imaging pixel may include first and second photodiodes that generate charge in response to incident light. The second photodiode may have a higher sensitivity than the first photodiode. When generated charge in the first photodiode exceeds a given charge level, the charge may overflow through a transistor to a capacitor. The overflow path from the first photodiode to the capacitor may optionally pass through the floating diffusion region. A transistor may be coupled between the first and second photodiodes. A gain select transistor may be coupled between the floating diffusion region and the capacitor. After sampling the overflow charge, the charge from both the first and second photodiodes may be sampled. In one arrangement, overflow charge may be transferred to a capacitor in a subsequent row.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventor: Richard Scott Johnson
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Patent number: 11574941Abstract: A solid-state imaging element according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode including a plurality of electrodes, a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the first electrode has, at least in a portion, an overlap section where the plurality of electrodes overlap each other with a first insulation layer interposed therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Matsuo
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Patent number: 11570365Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving image data of an image capturing a scene, receiving data describing one or more entities determined from the scene, the one or more entities being determined from the scene, determining one or more actions based on the one or more entities, each action being provided at least partly based on search results from searching the one or more entities, and providing instructions to display an action interface comprising one or more action elements, each action element being to induce execution of a respective action, the action interface being displayed in a viewfinder.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Teresa Ko, Hartwig Adam, Mikkel Crone Koser, Alexei Masterov, Andrews-Junior Kimbembe, Matthew J. Bridges, Paul Chang, David Petrou, Adam Berenzweig
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Patent number: 11570391Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a photoelectric conversion device; an amplifier including a first amplifier transistor and a second amplifier transistor connected in series between a first voltage and a second voltage, wherein a gate terminal of the first amplifier transistor is connected to the photoelectric conversion device; a feedback capacitor connected between a first current terminal of the first amplifier transistor and the photoelectric conversion device; a first reset switch connected between the gate terminal of the first amplifier transistor and an anode voltage; and a second reset switch connected between a first current terminal of the second amplifier transistor and a gate terminal of the second amplifier transistor.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Eric Bohannon
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Patent number: 11570386Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device and an operating method thereof, and the image sensing device may include a first unit pixel circuit disposed in a first row, including a first floating diffusion node, and suitable for outputting a first pixel signal through a column line, a second unit pixel circuit disposed in a second row, including a second floating diffusion node, and suitable for outputting a second pixel signal through the column line, and a first coupling circuit suitable for selectively coupling the first floating diffusion node to the second floating diffusion node based on a first mode control signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Jung Soon Shin, Nam Ryeol Kim, Yu Jin Park, Kang Bong Seo
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Patent number: 11563891Abstract: An image sensor 30 includes an image information processing unit 4 that forms integrated information in which image sensor identification information capable of identifying the image sensor 30 and image information obtained by an analog/digital conversion unit 25 are associated with each other, and an image information output unit 24 that outputs the integrated information to an external unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Seichi Otsuki, Shigeyuki Baba, Shigeki Nakamura
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Patent number: 11563883Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, and a micro lens array including a first micro lens of a first size provided in a first area of the pixel array and a second micro lens of a second size provided in a second area of the pixel array, the second size being different from the first size.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohwan Noh, Daekwan Kim, Chaesung Kim, Tae-Shick Wang
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Patent number: 11553146Abstract: An image processing system includes: an image sensor suitable for generating an RYYB (Red Yellow Yellow Blue) bayer image by applying an RYYB color filter array; an interpolation logic suitable for generating a Y image at a position of an R image portion in the RYYB bayer image by interpolating a YY image portion in the RYYB bayer image; and a guided filtering logic suitable for guided-filtering the R image portion in the RYYB bayer image by using, as a guide image, the Y image at the position of the R image portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Yoon Gyoo Lee, Seong Hee Park, Ji Soo Son
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Patent number: 11553142Abstract: A method for depicting a three-dimensional object in a real environment, depicted in a final video played back on a monitor, includes the steps of generating at least one object video by filming the object with a camera from different filming directions for generating an object video, wherein the angle of an optical axis of the camera in relation to a central axis of the object is in each case determined for the respective filming direction, so that an angle can be associated with each filming direction. The method also includes generating a live video with at least one live camera and simultaneously inserting the object video into the live video at a defined position in the environment for generating the final video, and changing the position of the live camera in the environment and simultaneously depicting the object in the final video in a desired perspective in the environment.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: TRACKMEN GMBHInventors: Thorsten Mika, Hendrik Fehlis
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Patent number: 11546537Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including a pixel unit, the pixel unit including a photodiode, a first color filter and a second color filter each disposed in a different position on a plane above the photodiode, and a first on-chip lens disposed over the first color filter and a second on-chip lens disposed over the second color filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi Nakata
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Patent number: 11539904Abstract: An image sensor includes a first voltage source that supplies a first voltage and a plurality of pixels supplied with the first voltage. The pixel includes a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light, an accumulation unit to which an electric charge resulting from photoelectric conversion by the photoelectric conversion unit is transferred and accumulated, a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit; a second voltage source that supplies a second voltage, and a supply unit that supplies the transfer unit with a transfer signal based on either the first voltage supplied by the first voltage source or the second voltage supplied by the second voltage source.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Osamu Saruwatari
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Patent number: 11533446Abstract: An image sensor may include: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; and a timing controller configured to control the pixel array according to an operation mode of the pixel array. The operation mode may be any one of a first mode in which the plurality of pixels operate according to a global shutter method and a second mode in which the plurality of pixels operate according to a dual conversion gain method.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: SK HYNIX INC.Inventor: Dong Ho Ha
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Patent number: 11533445Abstract: To control an excess bias to an appropriate value in a light detection device. A solid-state image sensor includes a photodiode, a resistor, and a control circuit. In this solid-state image sensor, the photodiode photoelectrically converts incident light and outputs a photocurrent. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the resistor is connected to a cathode of the photodiode. Furthermore, in the solid-state image sensor, the control circuit supplies a lower potential to an anode of the photodiode as a potential of the cathode of when the photocurrent flows through the resistor is higher.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventors: Tatsuki Nishino, Hiroki Hiyama, Shizunori Matsumoto, Takahiro Miura, Akihiko Miyanohara, Tomohiro Matsumoto