Patents Examined by Rodney E Fuller
  • Patent number: 12046500
    Abstract: A transport apparatus includes a hand, a drive mechanism, a cover member, and a gas supply member. The hand is configured to hold a wafer. The drive mechanism is configured to transport the wafer by moving the hand. The cover member has an opposing surface opposed to a surface of the wafer held by the hand and is formed with a plurality of holes opened in the opposing surface. The gas supply member is configured to supply an inert gas to the surface of the wafer via the plurality of holes of the cover member. The plurality of holes are formed in the opposing surface so that an opening ratio of an outer peripheral portion of the opposing surface is higher than an opening ratio of a central portion of the opposing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hao Yu, Mitsuru Miyazaki, Takuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 12044954
    Abstract: A mount comprises: a bracket assembly for holding an image-capture device; a drive shaft rotatably coupled to a stationary wheel for rotation of the drive shaft relative to the stationary wheel about a drive shaft axis; a support member coupled to the drive shaft to rotate about the drive shaft axis therewith, the support member extending radially away from the drive shaft axis; a rotational wheel rotatably coupled to the support member for rotation of the rotational wheel relative to the support member about a rotational wheel axis radially spaced apart from, and parallel to, the drive shaft axis, and coupleable to the bracket assembly such that rotation of the rotational wheel about the rotational wheel axis causes corresponding rotation of the bracket assembly about the rotational wheel axis; and a belt entrained around the stationary wheel and the rotational wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nantong Schmidt Opto-Electrical Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yufeng Sun, Daming Li, Xuefeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 12043185
    Abstract: A camera holding structure for holding a vehicle-mounted camera includes: a window separating a vehicle interior space from a vehicle exterior space; and a holding member fixed to an inner surface of the window and holding the vehicle-mounted camera. The holding member includes a fixing frame that is fixed to the inner surface of the window and a hood that protrudes from the fixing frame toward an inside of a vehicle and defines a field-of-view space of the vehicle-mounted camera on a vehicle inner side of the window. The fixing frame has an opposing surface that opposes the inner surface of the window and is attached to the inner surface of the window, the opposing surface being provided with at least one marking part that is visible from outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironori Yamaoka, Tadahiro Matori
  • Patent number: 12042741
    Abstract: A photo booth having a supporting stage includes the supporting stage, a rotatable shooting stand, and a driving assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the rotatable shooting stand to circumferentially rotate around the supporting stage. The supporting stage includes an upper cover and a reinforcement frame, and the reinforcement frame includes reinforcement ribs diverging from an central portion of the reinforcement frame to an edge of the reinforcement frame. The upper cover detachably covers the reinforcement frame; or the upper cover covers the reinforcement frame and the upper cover and the reinforcement frame are integrally formed; or the upper cover covers the reinforcement frame and the upper cover is welded to the reinforcement frame. The reinforcement frame includes a supporting ring, supporting rods, and a connecting portion. The supporting ring is generally annular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MARVEL TECHNOLOGY (CHINA) CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuo Zhang, Ruru Zhong
  • Patent number: 12038677
    Abstract: A camera device is provided. The camera device may include a camera body, a supporting component, and a limiting component. The supporting component may be configured to fix the camera body at a first position relative to the supporting component where the lens works under a normal condition. The limiting component may be mechanically coupled between the camera body and the supporting component. The limiting component may be configured to secure the camera body at a second position relative to the supporting component. The second position relative to the supporting component may be different from the first position relative to the supporting component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuepeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 12038683
    Abstract: An image capture system includes an image capture device and an integrated sensor-optical component accessory. The integrated sensor-optical component accessory includes at least one of a microphone, a processor, a motion sensor, or an audio sensor. The image capture device configured to control operation of the integrated sensor-optical component accessory with the image capture device when the integrated sensor-optical component accessory is releasably attached to the image capturing device. The image capture device may include a user interface configurable for operation with the integrated sensor-optical component accessory and the image capture device. The integrated sensor-optical component accessory may draw power from the image capture device. The integrated sensor-optical component accessory may include a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Woodman, Ingrid A. Cotoros
  • Patent number: 12025849
    Abstract: A follow focus device for a gimbal carrying an image capturing device includes a power assembly connected to the image capturing device, a connection member, and an adjustment member electrically connected to the power assembly. The power assembly is configured to adjust at least one lens parameter of the image capturing device. The connection member is configured to fix the power assembly to the gimbal. The adjustment member generates a control signal to adjust the lens parameter of the image capturing device. The power assembly receives the control signal from the adjustment member and, based on the control signal, rotates a part of the image capturing device to adjust the lens parameter of the image capturing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruzhi Wang, Hao Wang, Paul Pan, Weidong Li
  • Patent number: 12025905
    Abstract: A camera platform track provides running surfaces for independent movement of two or more camera platforms, improves strength to weight ratio, improves torsional rigidity, restricts camera platforms from wandering during filming, and improves traction. The camera platform track includes top running surfaces for a first camera platform, and one or more lower running surfaces for additional camera platforms, allowing desired versatility in filming. The camera platform tracks include a box base and an I-beam reaching up from the base to provide strength and torsional rigidity without excessive weight. The running surface lateral spacing may vary from camera platform wheel spacing providing centering to reduce or eliminate wandering, and may include grooves to improve traction. wandering, and may include grooves to improve traction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Inventor: Per Peterson
  • Patent number: 12019133
    Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for estimating a mechanical property based on a transformation of magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) data using a trained artificial neural network are provided. In some embodiments, a system is provided, the system comprising: a hardware processor programmed to: receive displacement data of tissue in vivo; provide the displacement data to a trained ANN that was trained using noisy input datasets as training data, and derivative datasets corresponding to the noisy input datasets to evaluate performance during training, such that the trained ANN provides an output dataset corresponding to an analytical solution to a derivative of a function represented in an unlabeled input dataset thereby transforming the unlabeled input dataset into its derivative; receive, from the trained ANN, an output dataset indicative of a derivative of the displacement data; and estimate stiffness of the tissue based on the derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Matthew C. Murphy, Joshua D. Trzasko, Richard L. Ehman, John Huston, III, Armando Manduca, Jonathan M. Scott
  • Patent number: 12019134
    Abstract: A method of magnet resonance (MR) imaging of an object includes MR signal acquisition in a single scan providing information for electric properties imaging (EPT), which may include a phase map as well as tissue boundaries. The method includes: subjecting the object to a multi echo steady state imaging sequence or a fast spectroscopic imaging sequence that includes RF pulses and switched magnetic field gradients, wherein two or more echo signals are generated after each RF excitation; acquiring the echo signals; deriving a magnitude image and a phase map from the acquired echo signals, which phase map represents the spatial RF field distribution induced by the RF pulses in the object; and reconstructing an electric conductivity map from the magnitude image and from the phase map, wherein tissue boundaries are derived from at least the magnitude image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Ulrich Katscher, Johan Samuel Van Den Brink, Jochen Keupp
  • Patent number: 12013354
    Abstract: A pressure chamber has a chamber wall. The chamber wall includes a sensor integrated within the chamber wall, wherein the sensor integrated in the chamber wall comprises defects. A method of determining an effect of pressure on a material is further described. The method includes applying pressure to a material within a pressure chamber and to a pressure chamber wall of the pressure chamber, where the pressure chamber wall has defects. A signal from the defects is sensed while the material and the pressure chamber wall are under pressure. A property of the material is determined based on the sensed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: The Regent of the University of California
    Inventors: Norman Ying Yao, Raymond Jeanloz, Thomas Mittiga, Prabudhya Bhattacharyya, Thomas J. Smart, Francisco Machado, Bryce Kobrin, Soonwon Choi, Joel Moore, Satcher Hsieh, Chong Zu
  • Patent number: 12001008
    Abstract: A new and improved tunable optical receiver based on thermal optics and controllers for technologies that require fast wavelength channel tuning. The device entails a thermal control system in which a wavelength tunable filter, a sensor and at least two thermal actuators enables fast tuning, which are controlled by advanced algorithms. The key compositions of both parts are outlined and their main requirements are discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: PICADVANCED S.A.
    Inventors: Ricardo Manuel Da Silva Ferreira, Francisco Manuel Ruivo Rodrigues, José Miguel Laranjeira Lima
  • Patent number: 11988848
    Abstract: An optical anti-shake resilient support mechanism, an anti-shake driving device, a lens driving fitting, an imaging equipment and an electronic apparatus are provided. The optical anti-shake resilient support mechanism includes two X-direction resilient sheets symmetrically distributed with an optical axis of an optical component as an axis of symmetry and used to connect a focusing motor assembly and an optical anti-shake frame or to connect a base and the optical anti-shake frame; and two Y-direction resilient sheets symmetrically distributed with the optical axis of the optical component as an axis of symmetry and used to connect the base and the optical anti-shake frame or to connect the focusing motor assembly and the optical anti-shake frame. The unidirectional translation is one of X-axis unidirectional translation and Y-axis unidirectional translation, unidirectional performance is better than that of other optical anti-shake mechanisms, which can greatly simplify production process and reduce cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NEW SHICOH MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zaiwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11988732
    Abstract: An improved technique for recording of scan data is provided, which includes recording scan data from at least two slices of an examination object simultaneously by means of a magnetic resonance system. The technique includes selecting a desired simultaneous recording of scan data from at least two slices (S1, . . . , Sn), determining an artifact-preventing minimum RF pulse duration (dRF) for a desired recording, considering desired recording parameters (PA), and performing the desired recording using the determined minimum RF pulse duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Flavio Carinci, Mario Zeller, Dominik Paul
  • Patent number: 11988946
    Abstract: A method for controlling a gimbal, implemented by a gimbal controller. The gimbal includes a gimbal assembly connected to the gimbal controller, the gimbal assembly being configured to mount an imaging device and drive the imaging device to rotate to adjust an imaging direction of the imaging device. The method includes determining whether the gimbal has entered a preset mode; and controlling rotation of the gimbal assembly to stabilize the imaging direction of the imaging device at a first balance direction when the gimbal enters the preset mode, and controlling a movement of the gimbal assembly such that the imaging direction of the imaging device is within a first cone angle range with the first balance direction as an axis before the gimbal exiting the preset mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Songwei Weng, Qiyu Liang
  • Patent number: 11982728
    Abstract: A method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may include obtaining a plurality of first magnetic resonance (MR) data sets related to a region of interest (ROI) of a subject. The plurality of first MR data sets may be collected based on two or more different values of a scan parameter. The method may also include determining a plurality of second MR data sets based on the plurality of first MR data sets. Each of the plurality of second MR data sets may correspond to at least two of the plurality of first MR data sets. The method may also include generate, based on the plurality of second MR data sets, a plurality of T1 weighted images of the ROI each of which corresponds to a target time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yongquan Ye
  • Patent number: 11977137
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining image data of a subject acquired by an imaging device. The method may also include determining one or more characteristics associated with a body part of the subject from the image data. The one or more characteristics of the body part of the subject may include at least one of position information of the body part in the subject, geometric morphology information of the body part, water content information, or fat content information. The method may also include determining, based on one or more characteristics associated with the body part, values of one or more individualized parameters corresponding to the subject. The method may further include causing the imaging device to perform an imaging scan on the subject according to the values of the one or more individualized parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liu Liu, Guannan Liu
  • Patent number: 11966146
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus comprises an eye approach detection unit configured to detect an objective approaching to a finder, a sight line detection unit configured to detect a sight line position to a display unit that is arranged in the finder, and a control unit configured to perform control to drive the sight line detection unit and stop driving the approach detection unit when it is detected by the approach detection unit that an objective has been approached to the finder, wherein the control unit performs control to, based on a detection result of the sight line detection unit, drive the approach detection unit from a state in which a driving of the approach detection unit is stopped, and stop driving the sight line detection unit while driving the approach detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuki Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11963739
    Abstract: In order to improve both spatial resolution and sensitivity for brain research and clinical activity, we have designed a combined PET/MRI insert for brain scanning, referred to herein as a “BrainPET insert” that can be fit onto and into a suitable MRI system. The BrainPET Insert comprises, in order, a receive (Rx) coil positioned within and adjacent to a transmit (Tx) coil and a PET ring, wherein both the Rx coil and the Tx coil are within the PET ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Sino Canada Health Engineering Research Institute (Hefei) Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Goertzen, John Saunders, James Schellenberg, Ryan Sparkes, Gong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11959990
    Abstract: An MRI phantom for calibrated anisotropic imaging includes a plurality of separate sheathed taxons or integral taxons sharing common taxon walls, wherein each taxon has an inner diameter of less than 5 microns. The taxons form taxon filaments that are combined to form taxon ribbons. The taxons may have an average inner diameter of less than 1 micron, specifically about 0.8 microns with a packing density of about 1,000,000 per square millimeter. The filaments may include structural features such as an outer frame and crossing support ribs and may further include a visible alignment feature that allows for verifying orientation of an individual filament. The taxons may be formed as taxon fibers manufactured using a bi or tri-component textile/polymer manufacturing process. An anisotropic homogeneity phantom may include frame members that support fiber tracks extending in orthogonal directions, wherein each fiber track is formed of taxons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: PSYCHOLOGY SOFTWARE TOOLS, INC, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Anthony P. Zuccolotto, John Dzikiy, Leroy K. Basler, Benjamin A. Rodack, Walter Schneider, Sudhir K Pathak