Patents Examined by Matthew David
  • Patent number: 11794665
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of camera covers. More specifically, the present invention relates to a vehicle camera cover for exterior cameras of a vehicle. The cover is comprised of a base that is further comprised of a padded magnet or adhesive layer that allows the cover to magnetically or adhesively attach to the exterior surface of a vehicle. A magnetic base layer with a magnetic bottom surface further attaches to the top surface of the magnet layer, and is comprised of a hinge. A transparent lid further attaches to the hinge, wherein the outer surface of the hinge is comprised of a water-repelling coating. Therefore, the cover ensures precipitation or debris cannot obstruct, cover, or damage the exterior cameras of a vehicle, and wherein the cover can be removed as desired without damaging the exterior vehicle surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventor: Beverly Carter
  • Patent number: 11794702
    Abstract: A cleaner for cleaning an object to be cleaned includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air, a nozzle configured to inject the high-pressure air toward a cleaning surface of the object to be cleaned, and a control unit configured to control an injection of the high-pressure air. Even when foreign objects do not adhere to the cleaning surface, the control unit executes an operation mode in which the high-pressure air is generated and injected when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinobu Kubota, Yasuhiro Ichikawa, Junji Baba, Kazuki Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11796656
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a sensor mounting device for mounting a sensor to an object The device comprises an object attachment member for attaching the sensor mounting device to the object, a sensor attachment member for attaching the sensor to the sensor mounting device, wherein the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are located at a distance from each other in a longitudinal direction of the sensor mounting device. The object attachment member and the sensor attachment member are connected by at least two connecting elements, and the at least two connecting elements are adapted to adjust an inclination of the object attachment member relative to the sensor attachment member by adjusting the distance in the longitudinal direction between portions of the object attachment member and the sensor attachment member. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a sensor assembly and a vehicle comprising a sensor mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CPAC SYSTEMS AB
    Inventors: Peter Forsberg, Oskar Noresson
  • Patent number: 11800091
    Abstract: A method of video decoding includes creating a candidate list for a current block in current picture included in a coded video bitstream. The method further includes determining a coding mode for at candidate block associated with the current block. The method further it determining whether to add, to the candidate list, a vector associated the candidate block based on the determined coding mode. The method further includes reconstructing the current block using at least one candidate from the candidate list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11800144
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for adaptive bidirectional optical flow estimation for inter-screen prediction compensation during video encoding. The method aims to reduce complexity and/or cost of bidirectional optical flow (BIO) at a pixel level or a subblock level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong-yeon Lim, Hyo Song Kim, Hyeong-duck Kim, Se-hoon Son, Jae-seob Shin, Gyeong-taek Lee, Sun-young Lee
  • Patent number: 11711496
    Abstract: A wireless camera network is disclosed. The wireless camera network includes a first camera and one or more other cameras. After an input is received by the first camera, the first camera records images or video, and the first camera wirelessly transmits a start signal to one or more other cameras to also start recording images or video and to also wirelessly transmit the start signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TACTACAM LLC
    Inventors: Ben Stern, Jeff Peel, Ben Thorud
  • Patent number: 11689787
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and apparatus for detecting a traffic violation. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a traffic violation comprises a context camera assembly and a license plate recognition (LPR) camera assembly. The context camera assembly can comprise a context camera housing containing a context camera, a context camera mount configured to mount the context camera housing to an interior of a carrier vehicle, and a context camera skirt coupled to and protruding outwardly from the context camera housing. The license LPR camera assembly can comprise an LPR camera housing containing one or more LPR cameras, an LPR camera mount configured to mount the LPR camera housing to the interior of the carrier vehicle, and one or more LPR camera skirts coupled to and protruding outwardly from the LPR camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Hayden AI Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick L. McGuire, Ahmad Lemar, Randal B. Chinnock, Joseph Virzi, Vaibhav Ghadiok
  • Patent number: 11671560
    Abstract: An in-vehicle camera is provided which includes an imager equipped with a lens, a control board on which a circuit is mounted to control an operation of the imager, a flexible cable connecting the imager and the control board to be communicable therebetween, and an electrically conductive housing in which the imager, the flexible cable, and the control board are arranged. A spacer which is designed to have neither electromagnetic wave absorption nor electromagnetic wave reflection properties is arranged away from the control board in a contactless manner and located between the flexible cable and an inner surface of the housing to form a gap therebetween. This minimizes generation of noise transmitted from the housing to inside the vehicle without sacrificing the quality of electrical signals transmitted through a circuit in the flexible cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Kimura, Nobuhisa Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11665364
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry determines whether a current block in a current picture of a coded video sequence is a small block based on a block size threshold. The processing circuitry constructs a motion vector predictor list for the current block based on whether the current block is the small block. At least one redundancy check with a motion vector candidate in the motion vector predictor list is performed in the construction of the motion vector predictor list based on whether the current block is the small block. The current block is reconstructed based on the constructed motion vector predictor list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tencent America LLC
    Inventors: Xiaozhong Xu, Xiang Li, Shan Liu
  • Patent number: 11655616
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for the control of an industrial machine dump operation by monitoring a position of the piston within a dump cylinder. The position of the piston is determined using a sensor within the dump cylinder. The sensor generates and provides an output signal to a controller. Based the output signal from the sensor, the controller is configured to limit the travel of the dump cylinder during the dump operation to reduce wear on the dump cylinder (e.g., by preventing damage caused when the dump cylinder is extending or retracting rapidly and the internal cylinder components make forceful contact with the rod or cap end).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: JOY GLOBAL SURFACE MINING INC.
    Inventor: Joseph Robert Wutke
  • Patent number: 11649052
    Abstract: An aerial system, including a processing system, an optical system, an actuation system and a lift mechanism, includes an autonomous photography and/or videography system 70, implemented, at least in part, by the processing system 22, the optical system 26, the actuation system 28 and the lift mechanism 32. The autonomous photograph and/or videography system performs the steps of establishing a desired flight trajectory, detecting a target, controlling the flight of the aerial system as a function of the desired flight trajectory relative to the target using the lift mechanism and controlling the camera to capture pictures and/or video.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Hangzhou Zero Zero Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mengqiu Wang, Lixin Liu, Tong Zhang, Jia Lu
  • Patent number: 11647263
    Abstract: A camera head includes a mounting unit detachably connected to an eyepiece unit of an endoscope, the camera head capturing an object image emitted from the eyepiece unit. The eyepiece unit includes an abutting surface that is orthogonal to a central axis along an insertion direction of the endoscope into a subject, and the abutting surface extending over an entire circumference in a circumferential direction around the central axis. The mounting unit is connected to the eyepiece unit and is configured to relatively rotate the endoscope and the camera head around the central axis. The mounting unit includes a facing surface that faces the abutting surface, and a pressing portion that abuts the eyepiece unit and presses the eyepiece unit toward the facing surface along the central axis. The facing surface includes a projecting portion that projects toward the abutting surface and abuts the abutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SONY OLYMPUS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Atsuomi Ohno
  • Patent number: 11647167
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there can be provided a monitoring system comprising a wireless communication device configured to be attached to an object containing medication, including a motion sensor, an ambient light sensor, and a first controller; and a wearable device configured to be worn by a user, including a camera, and a second controller; wherein the first controller is configured to provide an activating signal related with the activation of the camera of the wearable device when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and wherein the second controller is configured to receive the activating signal and determine whether activating the camera or not based on the activating signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INHANDPLUS INC.
    Inventor: Hwiwon Lee
  • Patent number: 11645855
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for a monitoring system are disclosed. The monitoring system includes a memory configured to store image data and a first camera configured to capture first image data including the activity of a passenger within the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain, from the first camera, the first image data including the passenger, determine an activity of the passenger based on the first image data, and determine that the activity of the passenger will be different than a baseline activity of the passenger. The electronic control unit is configured to record and capture, in the memory and using the camera, the first image data for a time period before and after the determination that the activity of the passenger will be different than the baseline activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsumi Nagata, Masashi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11628779
    Abstract: A head-up display for a vehicle in which an assembly structure of a screen and a picture generation unit (PGU) is reinforced. The head-up display for a vehicle according to one embodiment includes a lower case embedded with a board assembly, and a screen connected to the lower case in a plurality of directions and snap-fit-coupled to the lower case by passing through the board assembly in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ki Kim, Chan Seo Goo
  • Patent number: 11618594
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to telescopic apparatus, systems and methods for daylight imaging of satellites and other objects, a platform/telescope configured for daylight imaging of satellites and other objects, as well as modifications thereto configured to perform specific functions individually and/or in conjunction with other platforms/devices (e.g., radar tracking devices).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Scott P. Milster, Waid T. Schlaegel
  • Patent number: 11613873
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, and a controller configured to control a projection device that projects light onto a ground surface. The controller is attached to the upper turning body, and is configured to control the projection device so as to enable visualization of the relationship between the current shape of the ground surface and the shape of a target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Sano, Chunnan Wu, Yoshiyasu Itsuji, Koichiro Tsukane, Takumi Itoh, Keiji Honda
  • Patent number: 11608032
    Abstract: A vehicle monitoring apparatus including: a camera disposed in a vehicle lamp; a guide duct configured to guide outside air introduced into the vehicle; and a nozzle connected to the guide duct and configured to discharge the air to a front side of the camera, thereby improving stability and reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Seong Yu, Myeong Je Kim, Jung Sub Lim
  • Patent number: 11608010
    Abstract: A sensor system for a vehicle includes sensors that can be extended further away from the vehicle in order to obtain additional information. The sensors can be kept in their stowed position, to obtain the minimum amount of information but to maintain maximum of the looks of the vehicle. The sensors can then be extended to obtain additional information about the vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Inventor: Scott C Harris
  • Patent number: 11597331
    Abstract: A bonded structure (14) includes a first member (15), a second member (16), and an adhesive body (17). The second member (16) includes a support (18). The support (18) includes a facing surface and a side surface. The facing surface faces the first member (15). The side surface is inclined outward as viewed from the first member side. The adhesive body (17) is located between the first member (15) and the second member (16). The adhesive body (17) extends from the facing surface to the side surface. The adhesive body (17) has a fillet shape at an end thereof by the side surface. The adhesive body (17) fixes the first member (15) to the second member (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Takahiro Okada