Patents Examined by Quan Pham
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Patent number: 9924098Abstract: A rifle scope includes an image sensor configured to capture visual data corresponding to a view area, a display, and a controller coupled to the display and the image sensor. The controller is configured to apply a first stabilization parameter to at least a portion of the visual data to produce a stabilized view, to provide the stabilized view and a reticle to the display, and to apply a second stabilization parameter to stabilize the reticle relative to the stabilized view in response to motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Trackingpoint, Inc.Inventors: Dane Andrew Thyssen, John Hancock Lupher
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Patent number: 9917993Abstract: A lens mounting module includes an image pickup unit; a mount plate that includes an installation surface on which a lens unit is installed; a first support frame located between the image pickup unit and the mount plate, that supports the mount plate, and that includes a contact point that provides an electrical contact with the lens unit installed on the mount plate; and a second support frame installed between the first support frame and the image pickup unit, that supports the first support frame, and that includes an insertion part through which the image pickup unit is inserted.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-han Park, Sang-ki Min
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Patent number: 9911174Abstract: An image processing pipeline may process image data at multiple rates. A stream of raw pixel data collected from an image sensor for an image frame may be processed through one or more pipeline stages of an image signal processor. The stream of raw pixel data may then be converted into a full-color domain and scaled to a data size that is less than an initial data size for the image frame. The converted pixel data may be processed through one or more other pipelines stages and output for storage, further processing, or display. In some embodiments, a back-end interface may be implemented as part of the image signal processor via which image data collected from sources other than the image sensor may be received and processed through various pipeline stages at the image signal processor.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Suk Hwan Lim, Christopher L. Mills, D. Amnon Silverstein, David R. Pope, Sheng Lin
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Patent number: 9894257Abstract: A light source module includes an array of illumination elements and a light diffusing material. The light source module is configured to receive a control signal for adjusting diffusion of light emitted from the light source module and in response adjust the amount of diffusion of light emitted from the light source module. A light source module may include a segmented light diffusing material where each segment is associated with an illumination element. And individual segments may have light diffusing properties that are different than other segments of the light diffusing material. Some illumination elements may emit light of a different color spectrum than other illumination elements, and a light diffusing material may scatter the different colored light to illuminate a scene with combinations of light of different colors. A light source module may be embedded in a mobile computing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Florian R. Fournier, Angelo M. Alaimo, Simon S. Lee, Miodrag Scepanovic, Andreas G. Weber
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Patent number: 9888164Abstract: Focus self-calibration for a digital camera may be performed by moving a lens assembly of the digital camera over its travel range, and detecting travel limits of the lens assembly based on audio signal generated by the lens assembly reaching ends of the travel range. Digital-to-analog converter values corresponding to the lens assembly at the ends of the travel range may be used to create a camera focus profile.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventor: Chengwu Cui
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Patent number: 9871987Abstract: In an image pickup element, a plurality of unit pixels constituted by one micro lens and a photodiode arranged underneath the micro lens are arranged in rows and columns. The image pickup element includes first unit pixels in which a plurality of photodiodes are arranged underneath one micro lens, second unit pixels different from the first unit pixels, m first output lines per column from which signals of the first unit pixels are output, and n second output lines per column from which signals of the second unit pixels are output.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiharu Ueda, Teruyuki Okado
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Patent number: 9860452Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a first camera accessible to the processor, a second camera accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to receive input from the first camera and, based at least in part on the input from the first camera, determine at least one parameter for at least one action associated with the second camera.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Grigori Zaitsev, Scott Wentao Li
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Patent number: 9854217Abstract: A mobile terminal configured to process images, the mobile terminal comprising: a camera configured to capture images; an image sensor configured to acquire an image signal of an object in an image captured via the camera; an infrared sensor configured to detect an infrared signal reflected from the object; a controller configured to utilize the image sensor to: determine whether flicker is generated; and detect information related to a light source contributing to the generated flicker based on the detected infrared signal; and an image processor configured to perform white balance of the acquired image, the white balance performed based on the detected information if flicker is generated, and provides an effective white balancing method according to types of peripheral light sources through flicker analysis based on the image sensor and the infrared sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kyunghee Kang, Jinsool Lee, Seonyung Kim
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Patent number: 9838558Abstract: A digital video camera, including a heat management system, which includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet in the housing to enable air to flow through the housing. The heat management system also includes a first heat sink thermally connected to an image sensor(s), and a second heat sink thermally connected to a data processing unit(s), and a centrifugal fan. The centrifugal fan is configured to draw air into the front of the fan in an axial direction and push air radially out in a sideways direction, whereby air travels through the inlet(s) over the first heat sink and then over the second heat sink to the outlet(s).Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Blackmagic Design Pty LtdInventors: Grant Petty, Simon Kidd, John Vanzella, Michael Cornish, Shannon Smith, Suan Heng Yeo, Nathan Lee
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Patent number: 9811748Abstract: The quality at which camera data (e.g., images, video, and/or audio captured by a camera device) is transmitted and/or stored may be adjusted based on the application of analytic techniques. For example, a camera processing device may receive camera data and receive information relating to conditions external to the capturing of the camera data. The camera processing device may control the resolution associated with the camera data based on the information relating to the conditions.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventor: Momin Mirza
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Patent number: 9813625Abstract: A digital camera includes a rotary switch, a switching unit, and a switching unit. The switching unit switches between two states independently of a function other than functions assigned to the respective states of the rotary switch, the two states including a restricted state where rotation of the rotary switch is restricted with a clicking feel and a function of at least one of a shutter speed and an aperture as a function with discrete output values is related to the rotating operation of the rotary switch and a non-restricted state where rotation of the rotary switch is not restricted and a function of at least one of focusing, and a zoom magnification of a lens, and similar function as a function with continuous output values is related to the rotating operation of the rotary switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Inventor: Hidehiko Nakajima
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Patent number: 9794465Abstract: A network camera includes a pan driving unit and a tilt driving unit for changing a shooting direction of an imaging unit. A detection unit detects rotation angles of movable units to be driven by the pan driving unit and the tilt driving unit. A pan/tilt control unit corrects a target position of the movable unit according to a correction value according to the detected rotation angle and controls each of the driving units using a value after the correction. In addition, when masked image drawing for processing an image is performed so that a partial image of a predetermined position is not visible in the image captured by an imaging unit, an image processing unit performs a process of correcting a rotation angle detected by the detection unit according to the correction value and drawing a masked image at a mask drawing position after the correction.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Satoshi Ashitani
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Patent number: 9794455Abstract: An imaging system includes a housing, circuitry within the housing, and a connector coupled to the circuitry and extending from the housing for electrical and mechanical connection with a personal electronic device. The connector can be secured to the housing using a connector support that is resilient and flexible. The connector can be electrically coupled to a main printed circuit board assembly using a flexible circuit. The resilient connector support can be configured to allow movement of the connector relative to the housing. The flexible circuit is configured to maintain electrical connection to the main printed circuit board assembly when the connector moves relative to the housing. The imaging system can be a thermal imaging system and may include an infrared camera core.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Seek Thermal, Inc.Inventors: Joseph G. Finegold, Blake Henry, Scott Dayton
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Patent number: 9784950Abstract: A zoom lens system includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, and a positive fourth lens group. The second and third lens groups are moved during zooming. The first lens group includes a positive first sub-lens group which does not move during a focusing operation, and a positive second sub-lens group which moves during the focusing operation. The first sub-lens group includes at least one negative lens element, the second sub-lens group is a positive single lens element, and the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: 60<?d1b<75 ??(1), and ?d1a<24??(2), wherein ?d1b and ?d1a_designates Abbe numbers at the d-line of the positive single lens element of the second sub-lens group and at the d-line of the negative lens element within the first sub-lens group, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Masakazu Saori, Yoshimitsu Ohara
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Patent number: 9766431Abstract: An imaging lens includes: a movable lens group configured to travel to allow the imaging lens to come into focus; and a rearmost lens group arranged at a most-image-sided fixed position, and having negative refractive power. Following conditional expression is satisfied, ?2<ft/fr<?0.45??(1) where ft is a total focal length of the imaging lens in a condition that the imaging lens is in focus on an object at infinite, and fr is a focal length of the rearmost lens group.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Fumikazu Kanetaka, Hisashi Uno
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Patent number: 9756307Abstract: The image processing apparatus includes a determining part configured to determine, from a difference between information on color of a first pixel in a first image and information on color of a second pixel corresponding to the first pixel in a second image, whether or not the first image includes color blur due to defocus, the first and second images being generated by an image-pickup system and whose focus states are mutually different. The apparatus further includes a correcting part configured to perform on the first image a correction process that corrects the color blur determined by the determining part.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Chiaki Inoue
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Patent number: 9749559Abstract: Provided is a solid-state image sensor, including: a pixel unit including a valid pixel area and an optical-black pixel area; a plurality of reading units configured to read pixel values of a large number of pixels of the pixel unit line by line; a plurality of correction data generating units corresponding to the plurality of reading units, respectively, each of the plurality of correction data generating units being configured to generate correction data based on pixel values read from the optical-black pixel area out of the pixel values read from the pixel unit by the corresponding reading unit line by line; and a correcting unit configured to correct pixel values read from the valid pixel area out of the pixel values read from the pixel unit by the reading unit line by line based on the correction data generated by the corresponding correction data generating unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Hiromichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 9743057Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting intensity drop-offs due to geometric properties of lenses are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving an input pixel of the image data, the image data acquired using an image sensor. A color component of the input pixel is determined. A gain grid is determined by pointing to the gain grid in external memory. Each of the plurality of grid points is associated with a lens shading gain selected based upon the color of the input pixel. A nearest set of grid points that enclose the input pixel is identified. Further, a lens shading gain is determined by interpolating the lens shading gains associated with each of the set of grid points and is applied to the input pixel.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Guy Cote, Joseph Anthony Petolino, Jr., Suk Hwan Lim, D. Amnon Silverstein
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Patent number: 9723198Abstract: A camera module and an auto focusing method of the camera module are provided, the camera module including a VCM (Voice Coil Motor) including a rotor including a lens distanced from a reference plane, in a case no driving signal is applied, a posture detection sensor determining a posture of the VCM; an ISP (Image Signal Processor) generating a driving signal for driving the VCM using an optimum focus value of the lens calculated by an auto focus algorithm in response to a posture of the VCM determined by the posture detection sensor, an image sensor changing lens-passed light to a digital signal, and a controller controlling the VCM, the posture detection sensor, the image signal processor and the image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee
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Patent number: 9715078Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a lens mount for aligning a lens relative to an image sensor in a camera module. One example provides a lens mount comprising a first housing having a first tiltable joint structure and a first receptacle, and a second housing having a second tiltable joint structure complementary to the first tiltable joint structure and also having a second receptacle, wherein the first receptacle and the second receptacle are configured to accommodate a lens holder when the first housing and the second housing are joined by the first tiltable joint structure and the second tiltable joint structure, and wherein the first housing and the second housing are configured to permit the lens holder to be tiltably adjustable when the lens holder is positioned within the first receptacle and the second receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventor: David Douglas Bohn
