Patents Examined by Michael Lee
  • Patent number: 12745336
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an improved lighting controller designed to reduce the effects of electromagnetic interference is introduced. The improved lighting controller contains various features to help ensure noise and signal isolation. First, a control board in the improved lighting controller is designed such that each of a plurality of circuits on the control board contain separate grounds, such that ground planes are isolated from one another rather than sharing a common ground. Additionally, a common mode filter is added to an alternating current input. Additionally, a high frequency filter circuit is also added to a digital input line to further reduce noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: UnitX, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketan Lakhera, Gilbert Dale Ross, Yen-Chia Chu, Jaideep Singh Chavan
  • Patent number: 12743885
    Abstract: A system for identifying a person approaching an access way of a sporting event. The is identified using pass-through facial recognition technology in which one or more images of the person are taken while the person is in motion. The person is identified by comparing one of the images taken while the person approaches the access way of the sporting event with a profile image of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: FaceIT Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Todd Martin
  • Patent number: 12744868
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle video recording method to perform video recording upon detecting a motion of an object around a vehicle in a parked state. The method for controlling the vehicle video recording system includes collecting motion information of a first object with a continuous motion in an area for a first set time; generating a static motion area based on the motion information collected during the first set time, and in response to the motion of the first object being a motion in the static motion area, turning off a video recording function for the motion of the first object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Hwan Jun
  • Patent number: 12739342
    Abstract: A CMS includes a camera mounted to a commercial vehicle. The camera is configured to provide a video feed of an external environment of the commercial vehicle. The CMS includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that includes processing circuitry operatively connected to memory. The processing circuitry is configured to receive the video feed from the camera over a wired interface, and the video feed is serialized. The processing circuitry is configured to deserialize the video feed according to a first low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) standard based on the video feed being serialized according to the first LVDS standard, and deserialize the video feed according to a second LVDS standard based on the video feed being serialized according to the second LVDS standard. A method for a camera monitor system (CMS) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB
    Inventors: Banuprakash Murthy, Troy Otis Cooprider
  • Patent number: 12736677
    Abstract: A lidar device includes a laser source configured to emit a transmit beam, an optical scanner that has at least one lens and is configured to transmit a first portion of the transmit beam towards a target and receive a receive beam reflected by the target, and a transmission medium configured to provide a propagation path for the transmit beam and the receive beam. The lidar device also includes a target detection module that is configured to determine a range and/or a velocity of the target based on the receive beam and a second portion of the transmit beam reflected at a media-air interface defined at an end of the transmission medium where the first portion of the transmit beam is launched into air towards the at least one lens of the optical scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
    Inventors: Tyler Banas, Sunil Khatana, Liwei Hua
  • Patent number: 12739350
    Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle and capturing image data. The vehicular vision system, via processing at an electronic control unit of a first frame of image data captured by the camera, detects a first object exterior of the vehicle and determines an attribute of the first object. The vehicular vision system, via processing at the electronic control unit of a second frame of image data captured by the camera, detects a second object exterior of the vehicle and determines an attribute of the second object. The system determines whether the second object is part of the first object. The vehicular vision system, responsive to determining that the second object is part of the first object, merges the attribute of the first object with the attribute of the second object and tracks the first object in subsequent frames of captured image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12732588
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a controller for acquiring motion information from video data, and generating result video data on the basis of a gain value corresponding to the motion information; and a display for outputting an image on the basis of the result video data, wherein the controller can acquire the result video data by applying different gain values to a motion region and a remaining region that excludes the motion region, if the area of the motion region is sensed, on the basis the motion information, as having a predetermined proportion or less to the total image area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungdae Ahn, Jongho Park
  • Patent number: 12727753
    Abstract: Provided is a hand-held scanner including: a body in a longitudinal direction; and an optical engine provided in the body and configured to output light, wherein the optical engine includes: a lighting unit configured to emit, along a first axis, light generated from at least one light source; and a projection unit configured to project light emitted from the lighting unit, along a second axis being parallel to the first axis, and wherein directions of the first axis and the second axis are equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventors: Eun Gil Jo, Sang Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12733072
    Abstract: In an example embodiment, an improved lighting controller designed to reduce the effects of electromagnetic interference is introduced. The improved lighting controller contains software that acts to filter input lines so that noise is ignored while legitimate pulses coming from sensors are handled. The software filter works by comparing pulse widths of pulses on input lines to an expected pulse width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: UnitX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilbert Dale Ross, Ketan Lakhera, Yen-Chia Chu, Jaideep Singh Chavan
  • Patent number: 12724249
    Abstract: Cameras for automatic license plate recognition (“ALPR”) systems comprise an asymmetric lens for focusing light received by the camera. The asymmetric lens may comprise a curvature configured to modify one or more focus areas of the field of view, such that one or more regions of a scene captured by the ALPR system are optimized to focus at a distance corresponding to an expected object of interest in the respective region. The asymmetric lens may additionally or instead comprise a tilt configured to emphasize a first focus area and de-emphasize a second focus area of the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: AXON ENTERPRISE, INC.
    Inventor: Juha Alakarhu
  • Patent number: 12724131
    Abstract: A lidar is provided, including: an emitting unit, including a plurality of laser emitters and driving circuits, where the driving circuits are configured to drive the laser emitters to emit detection laser beams for detecting a target object, the emitting unit further includes a compensation unit for a blind region, and the compensation unit for a blind region is configured to cause a target object within a short range of the lidar to receive the detection laser beams and cause reflected echoes to be received by detectors; a receiving unit, including a plurality of detectors, where the detectors are configured to receive echoes of the detection laser beams reflected by the target object and to convert the echoes into electrical signals; and a processing unit, coupled to the receiving unit and configured to receive the electrical signals for calculating the distance and/or reflectivity of the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuezhou Zhu, Kaimin Yan, Haihua Liu, Shaoqing Xiang
  • Patent number: 12724151
    Abstract: The spatial phase modulation element is a so-called grating light valve for modulating the phase of light by displacing the ribbons. If the measurement light beam Lm (measurement light) is incident on such a spatial phase modulation element, the measurement light beam Lm is emitted in a direction corresponding to the displacement mode of the ribbons. That is, an emission direction of the measurement light beam Lm can be changed, and the measurement light beam Lm can be scanned across the object J by controlling the displacement mode of the ribbons. At this time, the measurement light beam Lm phase-modulated by the spatial phase modulation element is projected to the object J after being shaped into a linear beam. That is, the linear measurement light beam Lm is scanned across the object J.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuki Ashida
  • Patent number: 12710688
    Abstract: An apparatus for intraoral scanning comprises an elongate wand comprising a probe at a distal end of the elongate wand. The apparatus further comprises one or more structured light projectors disposed within the probe, each structured light projector comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a light source disposed within the housing and comprising: a semiconductor laser die; and a beam shaping optical element; and (c) a pattern generating optical element. A distance D between an emission point of the semiconductor laser die and an input face of the beam shaping optical element is 50-250 microns. Each structured light projector is configured to project a pattern of light onto an intraoral surface when the light source of the structured light projector is activated to emit light through the pattern generating optical element of the structured light projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Align Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Yossef Atiya, Ofer Saphier, Noam Shekel
  • Patent number: 12713117
    Abstract: A vehicle vision sensor system includes at least one vision sensor having a housing defining a void and a sensing element disposed within the void. A voltage controlled heating element is wrapped around the housing. A local temperature and humidity sensor is disposed proximate the housing and is configured to sense a temperature and relative humidity within the void. A controller is in communication with the local temperature and humidity sensor and an outside air temperature sensor. The controller includes a memory storing instructions for causing the controller to perform a process of identifying a dew point within the void, comparing a temperature of the void to the dew point and supplying a voltage to the heating element in response to the temperature of the void being below the dew point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Junil Cho, Minsu Lee, Minhyung Kang
  • Patent number: 12701203
    Abstract: An optical platform is provided, configured to project an image onto a target, wherein the optical platform comprises a plurality of optical projectors, each configured to project an image onto a target, and wherein each of the plurality of optical projectors is associated with a controllable switch configured to enable or disable operation of a respective optical projector from among the plurality of optical projectors, thereby enabling switching between operative optical projectors while the optical platform remains operative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: INUITIVE LTD.
    Inventors: Mishel Ivgi, Roni Zuri
  • Patent number: 12694486
    Abstract: A learner, a noise reduction device, and a program that can train a noise reducer even in a case where learning data having a smaller amount of noise than a normal captured image cannot be acquired or in a case where an amount of noise in learning data having the same noise as the normal captured image is unknown are provided. A learner includes a noise reducer that reduces noise of first learning data using a noise reducer that is trainable, a noise addition unit that adds predetermined noise to be added to the first learning data in which the noise is reduced, and a learning unit that trains the noise reducer to bring a distribution of the first learning data to which the noise to be added is added close to a distribution of second learning data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keita Otani
  • Patent number: 12691544
    Abstract: Provided is a video generation device which generates a recorded video of an industrial machine, acquires data indicating a state of the industrial machine, searches data indicating a state of the industrial machine, detects a trigger event indicating work which the industrial machine has carried out, determines a viewpoint corresponding to the trigger event, and generates video based on the determination of the viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Ozeki, Nobuaki Aizawa, Yuuki Sugita
  • Patent number: 12688692
    Abstract: Techniques and systems are provided for generating media content. For example, a server computer can detect a trigger from a device located at a site. The trigger is associated with an event at the site. The server computer can obtain media segments of media captured by a plurality of media capture devices located at the site. At least one of the media segments corresponds to the detected trigger. The server computer can determine one or more quality metrics of a media segment based on a first motion of an object captured in the media segment and/or a second motion of a media capture device used to capture the media segment. A subset of media segments can be selected from the obtained media segments based on quality metrics determined for the obtained media segments. A collection of media segments including the subset of media segments can then be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: OPENTV, INC.
    Inventors: Sami Karoui, Olivier Schaer
  • Patent number: 12689716
    Abstract: Provided is a projector configured to modulate light from a light source unit and project image light, the projector including: a current measurement unit that measures a current supplied from a power supply, the current including at least a current supplied to the light source unit of the projector; and a controller that compares a measured current value measured by the current measurement unit with limit value information determined by user input or based on data stored in advance, and controls power output to the light source unit in accordance with a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Nono, Daizou Seko, Takaaki Gyoten
  • Patent number: 12689789
    Abstract: The image display apparatus of the present disclosure comprises: a display; an audio output device; and a signal processing device, in a simultaneous sound output mode, configured to output a first audio signal based on a first additional delay time to the audio output device and to output a second audio signal based on a second additional delay time, which is lower in level than the first additional delay time, to the sound output device, and in a single sound output mode of the audio output device, configured to output a third audio signal to the audio output device, wherein the first additional delay time is greater than or equal to an additional delay time of a third sound. Accordingly, sound synchronization may be performed in case in which the sound output device and the image display apparatus simultaneously output sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Han, Cheolhwa Yoo