Patents Examined by Minh Q Phan
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Patent number: 11762044Abstract: A magnetic sensor is provided that can attenuate a magnetic field in a direction that is perpendicular to the magnetic field detecting direction at a higher rate than the magnetic field in the magnetic field detecting direction. Magnetic sensor 1 has: first soft magnetic layer 3; a pair of second soft magnetic layers 4A, 4B that is positioned at a location that is different from first soft magnetic layer 3 in the Z direction of first soft magnetic layer 3; and magnetic field detecting element 2 that is positioned between first soft magnetic layer 3 and second soft magnetic layers 4A, 4B in the Z direction, wherein magnetic field detecting element 2 has a magnetic field detecting direction that is parallel to a direction in which the pair of second soft magnetic layers 4A, 4B is arranged.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TDK CorporationInventors: Kentaro Harada, Tsuyoshi Umehara, Kenichi Takano
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Patent number: 11762167Abstract: A camera module includes a fixed portion, a movable portion configured to be moved relative to the fixed portion in an optical axis direction, at least two position detection sensors, and a magnet disposed to oppose the at least two position detection sensors in a direction intersecting the optical axis direction. The magnet includes an N-pole and an S-pole on a surface opposing the at least two position detection sensors and a neutral zone between the N-pole and the S-pole. The at least two position detection sensors are disposed such that at least one position detection sensor opposes one of the N-pole and the S-pole and at least one other positon detection sensor opposes the neutral zone when the movable portion is moved in the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Su Bong Jang, Sang Jong Lee, Nam Ki Park, Young Bok Yoon, Hee Soo Yoon
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Patent number: 11754909Abstract: A lens drive unit 10 comprises permanent magnets 215a and 215b, a yoke 211, and a coil 210. The yoke 211 has center yoke portions 221a and 222a, a back yoke portion 231 and a connect yoke portion that magnetically joins the center yoke portions 221a and 222a and the back yoke portion 231. The coil 210 is wound so as to surround part of the center yoke portions 221a and 222a. The height of a surface of the center yoke portions facing the permanent magnets in an orthogonal direction to the optical axis direction is such that the height near the middle part in the optical axis direction is smaller than the height near the two ends in the optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroyasu Fujinaka
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Patent number: 11745645Abstract: A mount is provided for attaching a camera to a support surface of a towed vehicle. The support surface is configured for supporting a light housing and has a hole for receiving a fastener for securing the light housing to the support surface. The mount broadly comprises a flange and a bracket extending below the flange. The flange comprises a light housing hole for receiving the light housing therethrough, and a fastener hole for receiving the fastener. The bracket is configured to engage the camera.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: HOPKINS MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONInventors: Vicki Sickler, Damien DeLucco
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Patent number: 11740068Abstract: A scanning element includes a circuit board and electronic components. The circuit board includes first and second shielding layers, a first detector unit is arranged in first and second layers, and a second detector unit is arranged in third and fourth layers. A first straight line passes through the first detector unit and the first shielding layer but not through the second shielding layer. Starting from the first detector unit, the first shielding layer is located beyond the center plane. A second straight line passes through the second detector unit and the second shielding layer but not through the first shielding layer. Starting from the second detector unit, the second shielding layer is located beyond the center plane. The first and second straight lines are orthogonal to the center plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbHInventors: Christoph Heinemann, Marc Oliver Tiemann
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Patent number: 11740541Abstract: A bracket includes a base portion arranged to be fixed to a face inside the window glass, and an engagement piece, an engagement portion thereof engaging an end of the vehicle mount camera located at a rear side in a sliding movement by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera. The engagement piece includes a fixed end integrated with the base portion, and a free end arranged with a space relative to the fixed end in a vehicle front-rear direction, the engagement portion being provided at the free end so that the sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera is made by an elastic deformation of the engagement piece through an abutment of the engagement portion to the vehicle mount camera, and an engagement of the engagement portion is made by an elastic recovery of the engagement piece at an end position of the sliding operation.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NIFCO INC.Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
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Patent number: 11738698Abstract: A mounting device includes an elongated beam having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a side surface extending between the first end portion and the second end portion. The mounting device also includes a first camera mount attached to the first end portion configured to support a first camera, a second camera mount attached to the second end portion configured to support a second camera, and a bracket for fixedly connecting the elongated beam to a vehicle. The bracket is positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. The bracket includes at least one base configured to be attached to the vehicle and a wall extending from the at least one base comprising an opening sized to receive the elongated beam, such that engagement between the wall and the elongated beam restricts rotation of the elongated beam about multiple axes.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Argo AI, LLCInventors: Aaron Rifkin, Elizabeth Ballard, Casey Sennott, Morgan Wagner
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Patent number: 11739787Abstract: A conversion component of a suction cup holder for photography equipment includes a fastening component; and a locking component fixed on the fastening component. The locking component includes a locating member fastened on the fastening component, a movable member movably located between the fastening component and the locating member, and a resetting member arranged between the locating member and the movable member. A connecting member which is configured to be connected with photography equipment can pass through the fastening component and can be locked under a cooperation of the fastening component, the movable member and the resetting member.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: ZHONGSHAN DASHAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Xihua Zhu
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Patent number: 11733538Abstract: A camera module includes: a housing in which a lens module is accommodated; and a shake correction portion including first and second movable yokes mounted on the lens module and first and second coil portions disposed to oppose the first and second movable yokes, respectively. The first coil portion is configured to attract the first movable yoke in response to power being applied to the first coil portion. The second coil portion is configured to attract the second movable yoke in response to power being applied to the second coil portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Young Bok Yoon, Seung Hee Hong, Nam Ki Park, Hee Soo Yoon
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Patent number: 11733593Abstract: An electronic device includes a machine body, a functional module, a power transmission module and a retracting module. The functional module is to move with respect to the machine body. The power transmission module, disposed in the machine body, includes a transmission unit and a driving unit. The transmission unit includes a gear and a rack. The driving unit, connected to the gear, is to move with the functional module. The driving unit rotates the gear in a moving direction to mesh the rack so as to move the functional module in the moving direction. The retracting module, disposed in the machine body, includes a holding unit connected to the rack to provide the rack an avoiding path for the rack to disengage the gear, and a direction of the avoiding path is different from the moving direction. In additional, a camera device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Pei-Sheng Tsai, Rong-Jhe Chen
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Patent number: 11719758Abstract: A load abnormality detecting circuit for an inverter to detect abnormality of a load during an operation of the inverter which has a self-arc-extinguishing element as a switching element and a phase synchronizing loop controlling an output frequency to be a resonance frequency of the load, the load abnormality detecting circuit includes a phase shift detection part that detects a phase shift between a gate voltage signal controlling ON/OFF of the self-arc-extinguishing element and an output current of the inverter which is applied to the load, and that sends a first abnormal load signal based on the phase shift.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NETUREN CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Kanai, Yue Yang
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Patent number: 11714333Abstract: An optical imaging apparatus capable of focusing is provided. The apparatus includes a lens assembly and an imaging sensing component. The lens group includes a stabilization component and a focusing component. The stabilization component has an optical axis and includes a first optical lens group and a driving element. The driving element is configured to drive the first optical lens group to move on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis or to rotate around the optical axis. The focusing component is fixed to the stabilization component and includes a second optical lens group. The second optical lens group is aligned with the optical axis. The image sensing component is fixed to one end of the lens group and is aligned with the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Cheng-Te Tseng
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Patent number: 11711622Abstract: An arrangement for determining an amount of light reaching an image sensor of a video camera is disclosed. The video camera comprises an imaging lens system guiding a beam path towards an image sensor and has an aperture plane where a variable aperture is arranged. The inventive arrangement comprises a light sensor arranged to probe light intensity continuously from a portion of the beam path, which portion is located in or near the aperture plane of the imaging lens system.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Axis ABInventors: Jonas Hjelmström, Ola Håkansson
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Patent number: 11703856Abstract: [Object] [Solving Means] A moving body according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an imaging unit, a first detection unit, and a control unit. The first detection unit detects a front direction of the moving body. The control unit controls a posture around a first axis of the imaging unit to a posture specified by a steering apparatus based on an output of the first detection unit, an output of a second detection unit that detects a front direction of the steering apparatus that steers the imaging unit, and input data generated by the steering apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Kazunori Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11704923Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for efficient image analysis. In some aspects, a system includes a camera configured to capture images, one or more environment sensors configured to detect movement of the camera, a data processing apparatus, and a memory storage apparatus in data communication with the data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus can access, for each of a multitude of images captured by a mobile device camera, data indicative of movement of the camera at a time at which the camera captured the image. The data processing apparatus can also select, from the images, a particular image for analysis based on the data indicative of the movement of the camera for each image, analyze the particular image to recognize one or more objects depicted in the particular image, and present content related to the one or more recognized objects.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: Matthew J. Bridges, Alessandro Fin, Hartwig Adam, Jeffrey M. Gilbert
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Patent number: 11698572Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for controlling a multi-axial point tilt of a camera lens and a method therefor, characterized by controlling a camera lens to move within a common stroke section among respective stroke sections in which the camera lens can move in an axis direction (z-axis) parallel to an optical axis direction at each of three or more axial points, wherein the camera lens is moved to a target position by using a compensation factor that is compensated such that a lens movement distance for each control code is the same.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: DONGWOON ANATECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Da Woon Lee, Young Ho Lee, Noh Yeol Park
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Patent number: 11696022Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary capturing device for remotely controlling a capturing action of a capturing device. The capturing device is provided with a plurality of function keys, the plurality of function keys includes a press function key, a rotation function key, and a toggle function key, the auxiliary capturing device includes: a device body configured to be detachably mounted on the capturing device; an electric drive mechanism provided on the device body, a plurality of drive portions being formed on the electric drive mechanism, the plurality of drive portions being connected to the press function key, the rotation function key, and the toggle function key, respectively, to drive the press function key, the rotation function key, and the toggle function key to perform corresponding capturing actions; and a control assembly electrically connected to the electric drive mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ZHONGSHAN YUEGUANG INTELLIGENT IMAGING TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenming Tang, Siqi Guo
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Patent number: 11693031Abstract: A meter collar is an adapter that may be inserted between a meter socket box and the meter. The meter collar may include a housing that is provided with first contacts to facilitate a mechanical and electrical connection with utility-side contacts of the meter socket box and second contacts to facilitate a mechanical and electrical connection with customer-side contacts of the meter socket box.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: INFINITE INVENTION INC.Inventors: Sebastian Hassell, John Schroeder, Jon Knauer, Katie Bentley, Whitman Fulton
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Patent number: 11686770Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable medium described herein relate to techniques for characterizing and/or anomaly detection in integrated circuits such as, but not limited to, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). In one example aspect of certain example embodiments, a fully digital technique relies on the pulse width of signals propagated through a path under test. In another example aspect, the re-configurability of the integrated circuit is leveraged to combine the pulse propagation technique with a delay characterization technique to yield better detection of certain type of Trojans and the like. Another example aspect provides for running the test through reconfigurable path segments in order to isolate and identify anomalous circuit elements. Yet another example aspect provides for performing the characterization and anomaly detection without requiring golden references and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: GRAMMATECH INC.Inventor: Jason Alvin Dickens
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Patent number: 11674822Abstract: A position detection device includes a first position detector, a second position detector, and a signal generator. The first position detector includes a first magnetic field generation unit, a second magnetic field generation unit, and a first magnetic sensor. The second position detector includes a third magnetic field generation unit, a fourth magnetic field generation unit, and a second magnetic sensor. The positions of the second and fourth magnetic field generation units vary in response to variations in a detection-target position. The signal generator generates a position detection signal, which is the sum of a first detection signal generated by the first magnetic sensor and a second detection signal generated by the second magnetic sensor. Each of the first and second position detectors includes a bias magnetic field generation unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Umehara, Hayato Miyashita, Keisuke Uchida, Hiraku Hirabayashi