Patents Examined by Rodney E Fuller
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Patent number: 12153110Abstract: A method of performing magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) includes transmitting a multi-slice excitation pulse through tissue, the multi-slice excitation pulse configured to generate multi-slice MRSI signals. The method also includes performing density weighted concentric ring acquisition on the multi-slice MRSI signals. The method further includes receiving the generated multi-slice MRSI signals in a plurality of sensors disposed in various locations around the tissue. Imaging data is reconstructed based on the acquired imaging signals. A representation of the data is displayed.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2023Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Uzay Emir, Mark Chiew
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Patent number: 12140856Abstract: An intelligent panorama photographic platform is provided, comprising a tabletop mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a folding arm mechanism and an auxiliary mechanism, wherein the rotating mechanism is disposed at an upper end of the tabletop mechanism, the folding arm mechanism is disposed at a left end of the rotating mechanism, the auxiliary mechanism is disposed at a right end of the rotating mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Shenzhen Luoyan Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yan Luo
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Patent number: 12140851Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a main body having an imaging element; a rectangular display disposed along one surface of the main body; and a hinge unit that movably connects the display to the main body, the hinge unit includes a support portion connected to the main body so as to be rotationally movable about a first axis by a pair of first hinges on the first axis extending along one of two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, the display is supported by the support portion so as to be rotationally movable about a second axis by a pair of second hinges on the second axis extending along other of the two sides of the display which are at right angles to each other, and one of the pair of first hinges is disposed between the pair of second hinges.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Masaaki Takagi
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Patent number: 12132994Abstract: An example system comprises a base with a bottom end and a top end opposite the bottom end, a motor within the base, the motor being coupled to a rotational component of the base and configured to turn the rotational component about an axis of rotation, the rotational component being at the top end of the base, the axis of rotation being perpendicular to the top end of the base, and an arm coupled to the rotational component, the arm configured to move a holding member above the top of the base, the holding member configurable to hold a digital device above the top end of the base, the arm being adjustable to position and tilt the holding member, the rotational component being capable of turning the arm and the holding member, the arm configured to tilt the holding member at a first angle relative to the arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Matterport, Inc.Inventors: Japjit Tulsi, Louis Marzano, Abhijit Limaye, David Lippman, David Alan Gausebeck
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Patent number: 12126898Abstract: In a control device for a motion picture camera that has a record button and a control circuit connected to the record button, the control circuit is configured to cause a start of a motion picture recording in response to a first actuation of the record button. In a normal recording mode, the control device causes a termination of the motion picture recording in response to a second actuation of the record button. In a tail slate mode, the control device, in contrast, only causes a termination of the motion picture recording when first a second actuation of the record button takes place and then a third actuation of the record button takes place.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik Gmbh & Co. Betriebs KGInventors: Karl Keil, Hendrik Voss
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Patent number: 12124157Abstract: A camera assemble and a shooting device conveniently installed on a glass curtain wall are provided. The camera assemble includes a standard frame shooting component that is configured to record real pictures in a part of an unit time in a preset time period, a jump frame shooting component that is configured to extract a number of frames, and record real pictures at a frame rate of N frames/s for a rest of the unit time, and a frame connecting component configured to coincide a frame picture at an end of the unit of time in the preset time period with a frame picture at an initial moment of a next adjacent unit time. The present disclosure is aimed to save storage space and extend data storage duration by recording real pictures at different frame rates in different situations.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Anhui Sharetronic Data Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sihua Geng, Zhou Yi, Jianfei Liu
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Patent number: 12124103Abstract: A liquid lens system includes a liquid lens and a heating device disposed in, on, or near the liquid lens. The liquid lens system can include a temperature sensor. The heating device can be responsive to a temperature signal generated by the temperature sensor. A camera module can include the liquid lens system. A method of operating a liquid lens includes detecting a temperature of the liquid lens and heating the liquid lens in response to the detected temperature. Various embodiments disclosed herein can reduce, impede, or prevent crosstalk between components of the liquid lens, or the effects thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: CORNING INCORPORATED, LG INNOTEK CO. LTD.Inventors: Raymond Miller Karam, Daniel Ohen Ricketts, Ming Ying
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Patent number: 12118863Abstract: A pan-tilt-zoom camera for omni-directional 360-degree-detection is provided, which includes a top cover and a bottom cover, an upper end of the top cover is connected to a screw lamp cap, the bottom cover includes an inner bracket and an outer bracket, a camera assembly is provided inside the inner bracket and the outer bracket, a circuit board is electrically connected to the camera assembly; a slide connection apparatus is provided on the inner bracket, the circuit board is electrically connected to the camera assembly through the slide connection apparatus, and the camera assembly controls the slide connection apparatus to perform 360-degree rotation; one path is to electrically connect the camera assembly and the circuit board through rotating shafts of a motor as electric connection leads, and the other path is to electrically connect the circuit board and the camera assembly through a first connection line and a wiring terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Inventor: Boyuhao Wang
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Patent number: 12117714Abstract: A camera carrying system of the invention comprises a base attachment configured to be affixed to a bottom face of a camera, the base attachment including spatially-separated first and second bottom eyelets. A shoulder strap having first and second strap ends is connected to the first and second bottom eyelets and creates first and second tether points. The tether points define a rotation axis lying substantially parallel to the bottom face of the camera, substantially parallel to a rear face of the camera, and beneath a center-of-mass of the camera. A tripod adapter may be integrally formed in the base attachment so the camera can be readily mountable to a tripod once disconnected from the base attachment. A method is provided for stabilizing the carrying of a camera by a shoulder strap. The method comprises use of the camera carrying system.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Jinx Innovations, LLCInventor: Jim Cursley
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Patent number: 12117717Abstract: A security camera and assembly include a camera lens assembly, a lens tilt locking mechanism, and a grab handle having LEDs mounted thereon. Embodiments include a lens tilt locking mechanism coupled to the camera lens assembly for setting a field of view (FOV) for a camera lens of the camera lens assembly. The grab handle is pivotally coupled to the camera lens assembly via a pivoting mechanism. The grab handle having LEDs mounted thereon pivots to provide independent control of illumination to the FOV without shifting the FOV. In a further embodiment, the grab handle may further include an antenna embedded therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2023Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Amar Nanda, Natalia Elena Ursan, Sudeep Mohan, Andrew Stark
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Patent number: 12109950Abstract: An attachment device that suppresses a decrease in the detection accuracy of a sensor. This attachment device is designed to attach a sensor to one surface side of a transmission plate such that the sensor can detect a transmitted wave transmitted from the other surface side.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Takayuki Hioki
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Patent number: 12105405Abstract: A conversion lens attachment structure includes a first magnetic body provided on a conversion lens device that includes a conversion lens, and a second magnetic body provided on a device main body that includes a master lens. The conversion lens device is attached to the device main body due to a first surface of the first magnetic body and a second surface of the second magnetic body being pulled toward each other, and the second magnetic body is provided such that a normal line of the second surface is not parallel to an optical axis of the master lens.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Jumpei Ishibashi, Yoshiharu Houjou
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Patent number: 12102300Abstract: The invention relates to a dental care unit (1) comprising a frame part (2), a support construction (5, 7) for supporting instruments related to dental care (6) and, on the other hand, an operating light (8) arranged to be used in connection with dental care, which operating light (8) is arranged to produce a desired light pattern at a desired distance from the operating light (8). A camera arrangement is arranged to this operating light (8) which comprises at a distance from each other two optical cameras (85), which are integrated as to be both structural and functional part of the operating light (8) of the dental care unit (1).Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Inventors: Kustaa Nyholm, Christian De Godzinsky
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Patent number: 12099105Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for determining whether to extend scanning performed by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. According to some embodiments, there is provided a method for imaging a subject using an MRI system, comprising: obtaining data for generating at least one magnetic resonance image of the subject by operating the MRI system in accordance with a first pulse sequence; prior to completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, determining to collect additional data to augment and/or replace at least some of the obtained data; determining a second pulse sequence to use for obtaining the additional data; and after completing the obtaining the data in accordance with the first pulse sequence, obtaining the additional data by operating the MRI system in accordance with the second pulse sequence.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2023Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Hyperfine Operations, Inc.Inventors: Laura Sacolick, Carole Lazarus, Rafael O'Halloran, Hadrien A. Dyvorne
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Patent number: 12099290Abstract: A blade driving device in which a central axis is defined includes a plurality of blades, two coil groups and a magnet. The blades are arranged around the central axis. The two coil groups are arranged around the central axis, include at least two coils with the central axis direction as a winding axis and are separated in the central axis direction. The magnet is arranged between the two coil groups in such a manner that a magnetized surface faces the two coil groups. The coils and the magnet generate an electromagnetic force along a circumferential direction of a circle centered on the central axis to drive the blades.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: NEW SHICOH MOTOR CO., LTDInventor: Xuepeng Fu
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Patent number: 12092950Abstract: A case includes a movable body to which an optical module having a first flexible wiring board is to be attached, a fixed body, and a second flexible wiring board with which the first flexible wiring board is to be connected. The movable body is swingably held by the fixed body, and the second flexible wiring board is structured to be resiliently bent easier than the first flexible wiring board.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu Arai, Takeshi Sue
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Patent number: 12078913Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having an imager disposed thereat. A lens barrel accommodates a lens and includes a first end and a second end and an annular flange between the first end and the second end. A front camera housing includes a first portion having a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) and a second portion having a second material having a second CTE, with the first CTE being higher than the second CTE. A rear camera housing and the second portion of the front camera housing are joined to encase the PCB within a cavity formed by joining the front camera housing and the rear camera housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jonathan D. Conger
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Patent number: 12078917Abstract: A swivel mechanism (200) for orientating a camera includes a base (8) configured to attach to a support structure; a wedge mechanism comprising a first wedge (5) and a second wedge (6) each having an inclined surface (5d, 6b) on one side, wherein the inclined surface of the first wedge (5d) is arranged on the inclined surface of the second wedge (6b), a back cover (1) configured to receive a camera head (100), the back cover (1) arranged at a side of the swivel mechanism (200) opposite to the base (8) in a direction of a pan axis (A1), wherein the back cover (1) comprises a joint member (1a) connected to the wedge mechanism; a housing (40), arranged in the direction of the pan axis (A1) between the base (8) and the back cover (1), wherein the housing (40) encloses the joint member (1a) and the wedge mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Francisco Homem, Patrick Bottcher
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Patent number: 12080022Abstract: A device and method for non-contact optical imaging of a selected surface area of a user's hand, wherein the surface area is actively guided in a non-contact manner into a target position with respect to an image capture unit. For this purpose, the device has a frame in which the hand is inserted, assuming an actual position, roughly related to the target position. In addition, the device contains at least one active means for localizing the respective actual position and an output unit via which feedback is given to the user and the user iteratively guides the surface area into the target position. Advantageously, the device and method are suitable for distinguishing a natural hand from an artificial hand.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: DERMALOG JENETRIC GmbHInventors: Tom Michalsky, Philipp Riehl, Daniel Krenzer, Undine Richter, Jörg Reinhold
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Patent number: 12072549Abstract: A reflective module assembly including a housing having an internal space, and a reflective module accommodated in the internal space of the housing, wherein the reflective module includes a reflective holder supporting a reflective member configured to change a path of incident light, at least one damper coupled to the reflective holder, and a damper holder supporting the at least one damper, and wherein the at least one damper is coupled to the reflective holder through the damper holder.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun Sup Shin, Po Chul Kim, Ah Hyeon Im, Ik Sun Lee