Patents Examined by Michael Lee
  • Patent number: 12368970
    Abstract: A vehicular camera is configured to image at least part of surroundings of a vehicle body irradiated by a near-infrared light source attached to the vehicle body, and output a first video imaged. The vehicular camera includes: an illuminance sensor is configured to detect an illuminance of the least part of the surroundings of the vehicle body; and an output circuit configured to output a second video in which at least part of the first video is subjected to a first correction processing, when the near-infrared light source has a first light emission intensity, and output a third video in which at least part of the first video is subjected to a second correction processing different from the first correction processing, when the near-infrared light source has a second light emission intensity larger than the first light emission intensity and the illuminance is smaller than a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Makita, Yasuyuki Goda, Gou Kaise
  • Patent number: 12363415
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a moving object comprising a configuration suitable for miniaturization in a view from at least one direction, and to provide a method for using the same. Provided is a moving object comprising: two or more rotors positioned at the front side and at the rear side in the traveling direction; and a driving device that drives the two or more rotors and rotates at least two of the two or more rotors in mutually different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: ACSL Ltd., NJS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Kuroiwa, Shosuke Inoue, Yusuke Inagaki, Takeshi Aikawa
  • Patent number: 12363264
    Abstract: Image display apparatus and methods may use a single imaging element such as a digital mirror device (DMD) to spatially modulate plural color channels. A color channel may include a light steering element such as a phase modulator. Steered light from a light steering element may be combined with or replaced by additional light to better display bright images. These technologies may be provided together or applied individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: BARCO VISUAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Gerwin Damberg, Eric Jan Kozak, Raveen Kumaran, Anders Ballestad
  • Patent number: 12356122
    Abstract: A pop-up sensor head with a camera transitions between a retracted and extended state. While retracted, the camera lens is covered. While extended, the camera lens is exposed and available for use. A motor maintains the sensor head at a setpoint position, such as in the retracted or extended state. A position data, such as from a Hall effect sensor associated with the motor, may be used to determine a displacement of the sensor head due to an external force being applied, such as a user pressing on the sensor head. Responsive to this input, the sensor head may transition between the retracted and extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Risley, Michael L Richards, Dean Zachary Dijour, Kyle Crouse, Varsha Iyengar
  • Patent number: 12340581
    Abstract: A system for identifying a person for a sporting event. The person 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 is in motion with a profile image of the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Inventor: Todd Martin
  • Patent number: 12340776
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for overcoming latency and loss of signal detection in remote control displays. An exemplary system includes a remote control, a host computing device, and one or more target systems communicatively coupled to each other over a wired and/or wireless network. One method includes receiving, by the remote control and from a host computing device, a first video frame captured by a target device, determining a first time corresponding to receipt of the first video frame, receiving, from the host computing device, a second video frame, determining a second time corresponding to receipt of the second video frame, comparing the time difference to a latency threshold, and causing an alert graphic element to be displayed indicating a latency in communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Mason Electric Co.
    Inventors: Robert Jay Myles, Thomas C. Ruberto, Christopher L. Sommerville, Harout Markarian, Kelly P. Ambriz
  • Patent number: 12340668
    Abstract: A device includes a first housing and a second housing pivotably coupled to the first housing. The second housing has a first camera disposed on a first side of the first housing and a second camera disposed on a second side of the first housing. The first camera has a first field of view (FoV) that is adjustable via pivoting the second housing, and the second camera has a second FoV that is adjustable via pivoting the second housing. The second FoV is different than the first FoV. A privacy cover is coupled to the second housing and is configured to transition between a first position in which the first camera is unobstructed and a second position in which the first camera is obstructed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon-Christopher Parkman, Todd Royce, Venkatesh Viswanathan, Roman Moshin
  • Patent number: 12333808
    Abstract: A system for identifying and timing an athlete during a timed sporting event. The athlete is timed using image recognition technology in which one or more images of the athlete taken during the sporting event by a camera (106a, 106b, or 106c) is time-stamped to generate a finish time for the athlete. The athlete is identified by comparing one of the images taken during the sporting event with a profile image of the athlete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Inventor: Todd Martin
  • Patent number: 12325364
    Abstract: A camera mount assembly for a motor vehicle having a base configured to be installed on the vehicle and having a recess on a top surface and a carrier assembled above the base. The carrier has a first camera mount and a second camera mount. The first camera mount has a first protrusion extending on the bottom side. The second camera mount has a second protrusion extending on the bottom side. The camera mount also has a camera configured to be installed onto one of the first and second camera mounts. The camera is received into one of the first and second camera mounts when a corresponding one of the first and second protrusion extends into the recess in the base, and the other of the first and second protrusions contacts the base and prevents installation of the camera in the other of the first and second camera mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Tom Robertson
  • Patent number: 12315117
    Abstract: Provided are illumination field non-uniformity detection system, detection method, correction method, and device provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: THE INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND ELECTRONICS, THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiangang Luo, Lixin Zhao, Yu He, Yi Li, Sihan Wu, Jinhua Feng, Hongyu Shao, Shaoyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12317008
    Abstract: Generating luminance uniformity in a rear projection display system is provided. The method comprises calculating luminance generated by a projector on a rear projection screen relative to a design eye position in front of the screen. A baseline luminance is determined for each primary color according to the luminance. Luminance of all locations on the screen is corrected toward the baseline. Correction is allocated between an optical filter and electronic correction. Luminance is measured at calibration points on the screen. The electronic correction for a color image is adjusted according to the allocation and the luminance at the calibration points to produce a corrected color image for projection from the projector. The corrected color image is projected from the projector and through the optical filter. The optical filter is configured to dim specified areas within the corrected color image according to the allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven Thomas Beetz, Michael Vincent Rohr, Harold R. Streid
  • Patent number: 12316944
    Abstract: An image pickup device that is provided at a distal end portion of an insertion unit of an endoscope having a longitudinal axis, includes: a first lens barrel that houses a first optical system; a second lens barrel that is disposed on a proximal end side of the first lens barrel, houses a second optical system on which light having passed through the first optical system is to be incident, and includes a second lens barrel-distal end portion that is a distal end portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of a first lens barrel-proximal end portion which is a proximal end portion of the first lens barrel; a sliding part that is provided around an outer peripheral surface of the second lens barrel-distal end portion and that is in contact with the first lens barrel-proximal end portion; and a pressing member that is externally fitted over the sliding part from the first lens barrel-proximal end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hideyuki Yamada, Takuro Asaoka
  • Patent number: 12316824
    Abstract: A method for generating a virtual viewpoint image includes generating, by a first image processing apparatus, first information for generating the virtual viewpoint image based on a first image captured by a first camera, generating, by a second image processing apparatus, second information for generating the virtual viewpoint image based on a second image captured by a second camera; specifying a viewpoint in the virtual viewpoint image; and generating, by a third image processing apparatus, a virtual viewpoint image corresponding to the specified viewpoint using the first information and the second information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro Handa, Michio Aizawa, Shogo Mizuno, Katsumasa Tanaka, Akihiro Matsushita, Keisuke Morisawa, Tomohiro Yano, Mai Komiyama, Kenichi Fujii, Atsushi Date
  • Patent number: 12301920
    Abstract: A playback application is configured to analyze audio frames associated with transitions between segments within a media title to identify one or more portions of extraneous audio. The playback application is configured to analyze the one or more portions of extraneous audio and then determine which of the one or more corresponding audio frames should be dropped. In doing so, the playback application can analyze a topology associated with the media title to determine whether any specific portions of extraneous audio are to be played outside of a logical ordering of audio samples set forth in the topology. These specific portions of extraneous audio are preferentially removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Watson
  • Patent number: 12298253
    Abstract: A visual inspection system that may be utilized to inspect and identify defects in magnet wire or other objects is described. The system may include an outer housing, a light source, and at least one visual inspection device. The housing may include a channel through which an object to be inspected is traversed, and the channel may extend along a longitudinal direction and include an inner surface having a diameter that narrows along the longitudinal direction between a first point and an examination area. The light source may be positioned on an opposite side of the first point from the examination area along the longitudinal direction. The visual inspection device(s) may be positioned around an outer circumference of the examination area, and each visual inspection device may be configured to inspect the object through a respective opening in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Essex Solutions USA LLC
    Inventors: Russell Glenn Post, Daniel Alonso Prieto Jurado
  • Patent number: 12294760
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting display content and parameters on a display region are provided. A display manager can control a display environment including a plurality of display regions and can display content items in the display regions. The display manager can identify an event record placed via a client device located in a display zone corresponding to a display region of the display environment. The event record can correspond to an event associated with at least one of the respective content items. The display manager can determine to change a first content item displayed within the display region or a value of a parameter of the display region. The display manager can modify the display region by replacing the first content item with a second content item corresponding to the event associated with the event record or by adjusting the parameter of the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: DK Crown Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Sawyer, Jordan Mendell
  • Patent number: 12294807
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure may improve compression and restoration capabilities by compensating for or removing a change in picture quality that occurs when a transmitting device transmits a video including an OSD (On Screen Display) in a wireless display system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Dongsung Kim
  • Patent number: 12294779
    Abstract: An imaging device that includes a housing mounted on the head of a subject, a first camera that is held by the housing and captures an image of one eyeball of the subject, a second camera that is held by the housing and captures an image of the other eyeball of the subject, controller circuitry that synchronizes together the first image captured by the first camera and the second image captured by the second camera, and communication circuitry that externally transmits the synchronized first and second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: J. MORITA MFG. CORP.
    Inventors: Yutaka Ito, Fuyuki Yamada
  • Patent number: 12273649
    Abstract: An optical sensor including a pixel matrix and an opaque layer is provided. The pixel matrix includes a plurality of unblocked pixels, a first pixel and a second pixel, which is arranged at a side of the first pixel in a row direction of the pixel matrix. The opaque layer covers upon a first region, which is a part of the first pixel, and upon a second region, which is a part of the second pixel, but does not cover upon the unblocked pixels, wherein the first region and the second region are symmetrically arranged in the row direction, and uncovered regions of the first pixel and the second pixel are arranged to be larger at a pixel edge than at a pixel center in a column direction of the pixel matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.
    Inventors: Jung-Tai Lin, En-Feng Hsu
  • Patent number: 12266125
    Abstract: A measurement method including generating first restoration information representing a Euclidean restoration result for a first region of a screen that is a non-planar surface based on a first image that is one of an image input to a first apparatus including a first lens and having known internal parameters relating to the first lens and an image output from the first apparatus, and a second image that is one of an image input to a second apparatus including a second lens and having known internal parameters relating to the second lens and an image output from the second apparatus, generating second restoration information representing a projection restoration result for a second region of the screen based on a third image that is one of an image input to a third apparatus including a third lens and having unknown internal parameters relating to the third lens and an image output from the third apparatus, and the first image, generating a three-dimensional projective transformation matrix for transforming th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Senshiki