Patents Examined by Mekonnen D Dagnew
  • Patent number: 11330185
    Abstract: A lens control apparatus that controls moving of each of the first optical element and the second optical element during focusing includes a first controller that controls driving of the first optical element to move the first optical element to a first target position according to an object distance, a second controller that controls driving of the second optical element to move the second optical element to a second target position according to the object distance, and a correction value calculator that calculates a correction value for the second target position using a difference between an actual position of the first optical element and the first target position, and focus sensitivities of the first and second optical elements and calculates the correction value using a correction limit value smaller than a maximum movable amount of the second optical element from the second target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiromi In
  • Patent number: 11323595
    Abstract: A chip assembly and a mold assembly for fabricating the same, a camera and an electronic device are disclosed. The chip assembly includes a circuit board, a chip and a conductive wire. The chip is provided to the circuit board, and the chip and the circuit board are in a stacked arrangement. One end of the conductive wire is electrically coupled to the circuit board, the other end of the conductive wire is electrically coupled to the chip, and a partial segment of the conductive wire is attached to a side wall face of the chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jianglong Gong
  • Patent number: 11317083
    Abstract: An image sensor may be formed from stacked first and second substrates. An array of imaging pixels and verification circuitry may be formed in the first substrate. Row control circuitry may be formed in the second substrate. The row control circuitry may provide row control signals to the array of imaging pixels. The verification circuitry may also receive the row control signals from the row control circuitry. The first substrate may include a plurality of n-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors and may not include any p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor transistors. The verification circuitry may include an SR latch circuit with an S node coupled to a pull-up line and an R node coupled to a pull-down transistor to ensure the SR latch circuit starts up in a set state. The verification circuitry may include a level shifter that shifts a control signal voltage when the control signal is at a low level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Jonathan Steadman, Simon Charles Denny, Saket Sharma
  • Patent number: 11317021
    Abstract: A display device and a control circuit thereof are provided. The display device includes: a display panel that is foldable and a housing that is foldable and used for supporting the display panel. The display panel has a folding axis and is divided into a first display area and a second display area along the folding axis; the first display area and the second display area partially overlap in a case where the display panel is in a folded state along the folding axis, and the second display area comprises a non-overlapping portion that does not overlap the first display area; and a component is provided at a position of the housing supporting the non-overlapping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Wang, Pao Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11317011
    Abstract: Provided are a terminal device and an apparatus. The terminal device includes: a cover plate having a transparent middle area and an opaque light shielding area at least partially surrounding the middle area, the light shielding area having a light transmitting hole. The terminal device includes a display panel disposed next to the cover plate. The terminal device includes a camera, where a first projection of the camera onto the cover plate is at least partially located within a second projection of the display panel onto the cover plate. The terminal device also includes a light transmitting element having a first and second ends, where the first end is connected to a lens of the camera, and the second end is opposite to the light transmitting hole. The light transmitting element is configured to transmit light from an external object to the lens of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiankun Hu
  • Patent number: 11315915
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device, which includes a cover plate, a backlight unit, a display module disposed between the backlight unit and the cover plate, the display module including a first substrate close to the light exiting side of the backlight unit and a second substrate close to the cover plate, and a camera module arranged on the first substrate, the camera module including an infrared cut-off filter, wherein the first substrate extends horizontally beyond the second substrate and the backlight unit to form a mounting section for the camera module, and the infrared cut-off filter is arranged in the mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonghua Li, Shipeng Wang, Jian Sang, Shaofei Guo, Dongjia Hao, Chunying Qiao
  • Patent number: 11297221
    Abstract: An image-capturing apparatus includes: an image sensor having a first image-capturing region and a second image-capturing region different from the first image-capturing region; and a control unit that displays an image generated by the first image-capturing region and an image generated by the second image-capturing region on a display unit, with a region targeted for setting image-capturing conditions of the image sensor being selectable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Tsuchiya, Yuuki Asano, Shuhei Yoshikawa, Aiko Namikawa
  • Patent number: 11297173
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a transmission mechanism, a driving mechanism assembly, and a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes: a shell including a first mounting face and second mounting face opposite the first mounting, and a side face, the first mounting face defining an accommodation groove extending to the side face along a first direction; a camera mounting assembly, including a mounting seat and a camera, wherein the mounting seat is arranged in the accommodation groove; and a driving mechanism assembly, including a driver coupled to the shell and a transmission mechanism, the driver is movable to drive, by the transmission mechanism, the mounting seat to extend from the accommodation groove and capable of driving the mounting seat to rotate around a rotating shaft and the rotating shaft being parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 11290633
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Kyungyul Seo, Jonghun Won, Changhoon Kang, Donghyun Kim, Sungeun Kim, Daehyun Sung
  • Patent number: 11280984
    Abstract: A reflective camera and an electronic device are provided. The reflective camera includes a first mirror, a second mirror and an imaging detector. The first mirror is provided with a through hole and configured to reflect an incident light. The second mirror is arranged on a first side of the first mirror, and configured to reflect the incident light reflected by the first mirror. The imaging detector is arranged on a second side of the first mirror, and configured to receive the incident light reflected by the second mirror through the through hole, and further to convert the incident light into an electrical signal for imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Yang
  • Patent number: 11283983
    Abstract: A system for providing virtual pan-tilt-zoom, PTZ, video functionality video to a plurality of users (60a-60c) over a data network (30) is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SPIIDEO AB
    Inventors: Magnus Linderoth, Håkan Ardö, Klas Josephson
  • Patent number: 11283976
    Abstract: A camera module is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngbok Yu, Dongyoul Park
  • Patent number: 11277538
    Abstract: A method of controlling multiple imaging devices includes wirelessly communicating with the imaging devices, and displaying identifiers corresponding to each of the plurality of imaging devices, on the basis of the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Iki, Hidenori Karasawa, Motoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11272098
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imaging apparatus that individually obtains high image quality, restored images for a plurality of different directions at a wide angle of view without using a lens, and an imaging module using such an imaging apparatus. In an imaging apparatus according to an aspect of the invention, incident light is divided into a plurality of azimuthal regions by a directional sensor, and images corresponding to the azimuthal regions are restored from a plurality of projection images acquired corresponding to the azimuthal regions. Accordingly, incident light from oblique directions does not become noise to incident light from a front direction, and projection images can be individually acquired for the azimuthal regions throughout a wide range from the front direction to the oblique directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shuji Ono
  • Patent number: 11272085
    Abstract: A camera module includes a carrier accommodating lenses, a housing accommodating the carrier, a first driving part configured to move the carrier in an optical axis direction, and a second driving part configured to move at least one lens of the lenses relative to the carrier in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Woo Jun
  • Patent number: 11262559
    Abstract: Zoom digital cameras comprising a Wide sub-camera and a folded fixed Tele sub-camera. The folded Tele sub-camera may be auto-focused by moving either its lens or a reflecting element inserted in an optical path between its lens and a respective image sensor. The folded Tele sub-camera is configured to have a low profile to enable its integration within a portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd
    Inventors: Gal Shabtay, Ephraim Goldenberg, Gal Avivi, Gil Bachar
  • Patent number: 11265465
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a frame buffer executes high-speed shooting consecutively in plural sessions. An imaging element includes a buffer, an image producing unit, a managing unit, and an output unit. The image producing unit produces an image in the case where an empty capacity of any of plural areas in the buffer exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The managing unit causes an area whose empty capacity exceeds the predetermined threshold value, of the plural areas to retain the image as a buffering image. The output unit extracts the buffering image from the buffer and outputting the buffering image, in order of the retention of the buffering image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Zen, Jun Hashizume, Tsutomu Nakajima, Norihiro Ichimaru
  • Patent number: 11255411
    Abstract: The present application generally relates to attaching a device to a conveyance structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Virginia, Inc.
    Inventors: Paxton O'Toole, Ralph C. McCann, III
  • Patent number: 11252308
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a substrate; a first camera disposed on the substrate and configured to generate a first image based on a first optical signal; a second camera disposed on the substrate and configured to generate a second image based on a second optical signal; a power management integrated circuit disposed on the substrate and configured to generate a plurality of voltages based on an external power voltage received from an external power supply and provide the plurality of voltages to the first camera and the second camera; a metal fixing member coupled to the first camera and the second camera; and a thermal interface material disposed between the power management integrated circuit and the metal fixing member along a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunsu Jun, Kihyun Kwon, Seunghak Lee
  • Patent number: 11252331
    Abstract: A photosensitive element driving mechanism includes a fixed assembly, a first movable assembly, a photosensitive element and a first driving assembly. The first movable assembly includes a circuit member, and the circuit member includes a circuit member body and a movable cantilever. The photosensitive element is configured to receive light along an optical axis. The photosensitive element is disposed on and is electrically connected to the circuit member. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable assembly to move relative to the fixed assembly. The movable cantilever has a first segment extending in a direction different from the optical axis, the first segment is electrically connected to the photosensitive element and the fixed assembly, and the first movable assembly moves relative to the fixed assembly through the movable cantilever. There is a gap between the first movable assembly and the fixed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Chen-Chi Kuo, Sin-Jhong Song