Patents Examined by Sinh Tran
  • Patent number: 12143706
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a dial plate, a watch body and an angle detection member. The dial plate is provided with an accommodating groove. The watch body is at least partially disposed in the accommodating groove and is rotatably connected to the dial plate, and the watch body is provided with a functional component. The angle detection member includes an annular resistor and a conductive connector electrically connected to the annular resistor. One of the annular resistor and the conductive connector is disposed at the dial plate, and the other is disposed at the watch body. The annular resistor is in sliding connection with the conductive connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Caiyin Zheng
  • Patent number: 12081887
    Abstract: An imaging device includes pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion layer, a first pixel electrode, a second photoelectric conversion layer, a second pixel electrode, a third photoelectric conversion layer, a third pixel electrode, a first counter electrode, and a second counter electrode. The first pixel electrode, the first photoelectric conversion layer, the first counter electrode, the second photoelectric conversion layer, the second pixel electrode, the second counter electrode, the third photoelectric conversion layer, and the third pixel electrode are arranged in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 12081881
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a sensor and a control method that can flexibly detect an event that is a change in electric signals of pixels. The sensor includes pixels that receive light and that perform photoelectric conversion to generate electric signals, and an event detecting unit that detects an event that is a change in the electric signals of the pixels. The sensor adjusts, for each of the pixels, a gain of the event detecting unit. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a sensor that detects an event that is a change in electric signals of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Tsuchimoto, Hayato Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 12066644
    Abstract: An optical prism that includes an interlock structure that precisely couples to a complementary structure of a refractive lens. For precision, the interlock structure may be formed at the same time and using the same technique as the optical surface of the prism. The interlock structure provides high accuracy when assembling a folded lens system by precisely aligning the object side optical surface of the lens with the image side optical surface of the prism so that the optical axis is centered in the lens. The prism may have refractive power. A portion of the object side surface may be coated with an opaque material to provide an aperture stop at that surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Norimichi Shigemitsu, Jun Yoshida, Shunsuke Otake, Keiichi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12061760
    Abstract: Provided is an imaging device that includes a rear display and an electronic viewfinder and is excellent in operability to a touch panel when an electronic viewfinder is used. When a user performs a touch manipulation on a touch panel installed in a rear display in order to set a focus area, an effective detection area for detecting a touch position is different between when the rear display is used and when the electronic viewfinder is used. When the rear display is used, the effective detection area is set to coincide with the entire display screen, and when the electronic viewfinder is used, the effective detection area is set to be reduced to an area of a part of the display screen of the rear display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuji Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12015866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for configuring an emulation method for emulating a second camera objective, comprising the steps: determining a plurality of first images that are recorded using a first camera objective; determining a plurality of second images that are recorded using the second camera objective and whose image content corresponds to the image content of the plurality of first images; and configuring the emulation method for emulating the second camera objective on the basis of the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Klemens Kehrer, Matthias Pesch, Michael Koppetz
  • Patent number: 12007584
    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor including a color separating lens array. The image sensor includes: a sensor substrate including a first pixel configured to sense light of a first wavelength and a second pixel configured to sense light of a second wavelength; a transparent spacer layer on the sensor substrate; and a color separating lens array on the spacer layer, wherein the color separating lens array condenses the light of the first wavelength toward the first pixel, and includes a first lens layer on the spacer layer, a second lens layer on the first lens layer, and an etch prevention layer between the first lens layer and the second lens layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkyu Park, Seokho Yun, Minwoo Lim
  • Patent number: 12010443
    Abstract: A system for selectively modifying gating rate in a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is configurable to access first frame metadata associated with a first image frame. The first image frame is captured by performing a first plurality of gate operations to configure the SPAD array to enable photon detection over a frame capture time period. The first plurality of gate operations is performed at a first gating rate such that the first plurality of gate operations comprises a first quantity of gate operations performed over the frame capture time period. The system is further configurable to define a second gating rate based on the first frame metadata and capture a second image frame by performing a second plurality of gate operations to configure the SPAD array to enable photon detection at the second gating rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds
  • Patent number: 12003873
    Abstract: A first and second pixel units that perform FD addition are provided. The first pixel unit includes: a first switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; and a reset transistor that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the first switch transistor and a power supply node. The second pixel unit includes: a second switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to an FD; a third switch transistor of which one source/drain electrode is connected to another source/drain electrode of the second switch transistor; and a capacitive element that is connected between another source/drain electrode of the third switch transistor and a reference potential node. The respective other source/drain electrodes of the first switch transistor and the second switch transistor are electrically connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Luonghung Asakura
  • Patent number: 11985419
    Abstract: Data transmission systems and methods. In one embodiment, a data transmission system includes a plurality of imaging devices, a plurality of control devices, and an information processing device. One of the plurality of control devices operates as a master control device and a remainder of the plurality of control devices operate as client control devices. The information processing device is configured to transmit an acquisition request for one or more images captured by a first imaging device of the plurality of imaging devices to the master control device. The master control device is configured to transfer the acquisition request to one of the client control devices that controls the first imaging device. In response to receiving the acquisition request, the one of the client control devices is configured to transfer a list of images captured by the first imaging device to the information processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Hara, Tatsuya Ueda, Natsumi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11933991
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage medium including: a lens and a focal reducer to receive a beam of image; a beam splitter to receive the beam of image from the focal reducer and split the beam of image into multiple directions. The system also includes a plurality of sensors coupled to the beam splitter. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to sense the beam of image within a particular band of frequencies. Further, the particular band of frequencies of a first sensor of the plurality of sensors does not overlap with the particular band of frequencies of a second sensor of the plurality of sensors. The focal reducer condenses and amplifies the beam of image to increase the sensitivity of each sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: SONY GROUP CORPORATION, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC.
    Inventor: Felix Sauermann
  • Patent number: 11937003
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state image sensor includes a linear array of pixels, a timing generator that outputs a pulse signal, a plurality of clock drivers that generate each generate a different drive signal based on the pulse signal, an analog shift register that transfers the signal charges in one direction along the linear array by applying the drive signals to the respective transfer blocks. The plurality of drive signals generated by the plurality of clock drivers each have a different phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 11924534
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a lens assembly that has an optical path and includes a lens element and a light-blocking membrane layer. The lens element has an optical portion, and the optical path passes through the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer is coated on the lens element and adjacent to the optical portion. The light-blocking membrane layer has a distal side and a proximal side that is located closer to the optical portion than the distal side. The proximal side includes two extension structures and a recessed structure. Each of the extension structures extends along a direction away from the distal side, and the extension structures are not overlapped with each other in a direction in parallel with the optical path. The recessed structure is connected to the extension structures and recessed along a direction towards the distal side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jyun-Jia Cheng, Yu Chen Lai, Ming-Ta Chou, Cheng-Feng Lin, Chen-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11917290
    Abstract: In order to realize a photoelectric conversion device having a photoelectric conversion element for outputting a signal according to the incidence of a photon that has a low power consumption, the photoelectric conversion device includes: at least one pixel including a photoelectric conversion element that outputs a signal according to an incident photon; a photon counter that measures the number of photons incident to the pixel; a time counter that measures a time until the photon counter reaches a first threshold after starting measurement and outputs the measured time as a pixel value; and a first threshold changing unit configured to change the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11889172
    Abstract: A reflective module assembly include a housing having an internal space, a first reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of incident light, and a second reflective module provided in the housing to change a path of light emitted from the first reflective module. The first reflective module includes a first reflective member rotatable about a first axis formed by at least two first ball members. The second reflective module includes a second reflective member rotatable about a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis and passing through a rotation axis ball provided at the second reflective module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Hwan Kwon, Soon Seok Kang, Nam Ki Park, Young Bok Yoon, Oh Byoung Kwon, Jae Won Jung
  • Patent number: 11877041
    Abstract: An image sensor including a planar sensor array, a lens configured to form an optical image on the planar sensor array and characterized by a locus of focal points on a curved surface, and a cover glass with multiple thickness levels or multiple cover glasses of different sizes. The one or more cover glasses are configured to shift the locus of focal points for large field angles, such that there are multiple intersections between the planar sensor array and the locus of focal points for a large FOV, and thus multiple zones with best focus on the planar sensor array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Russell Gruhlke, Ravindra Vaman Shenoy, Jon Lasiter, Donald William Kidwell, Khurshid Syed Alam, Kebin Li
  • Patent number: 11849220
    Abstract: A system for generating depth information from low-resolution images is configured to access a plurality of image frames capturing an environment, identify a first group of image frames from the plurality of image frames, and generate a first image comprising a first composite image of the environment using the first group of image frames as input. The first composite image has an image resolution that is higher than an image resolution of the image frames of the first group of image frames. The system is also configured to obtain a second image of the environment, where parallax exists between a capture perspective associated with the first image and a capture perspective associated with the second image. The system is also configured to generate depth information for the environment based on the first image and the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Bleyer, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Antonios Matakos, Raymond Kirk Price
  • Patent number: 11843885
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensing device including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and suitable for outputting a plurality of pixel signals, and a plurality of readout circuits coupled to the pixel array, and suitable for compensating for readout deviations among the plurality of pixel signals, based on a plurality of bias voltages having different voltage levels, when reading out the plurality of pixel signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Choong Sik Ryu
  • Patent number: 11831970
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is capable of decreasing a space capacity occupied by component elements and being downsized compared to a case where an actuator is arranged independently of a supporting unit. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup unit driven by the actuator, a base unit, and the supporting unit provided in a standing manner from the base unit and rotatably supports the image pickup unit. The actuator has a piezoelectric element and an oscillator including a transmission unit which transmits driving force caused by vibration excited by the piezoelectric element. The transmission unit is arranged in the supporting unit so that it is in pressure contact with the image pickup unit. The image pickup unit has a transmitted plane with which the transmission unit is brought into pressure contact, and the vibration excited by the oscillator causes the transmitted plane to move relatively to the oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Obana, Ayumu Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11778295
    Abstract: A camera module includes a circuit board, a photosensitive chip, a filter, a lens base, and a lens. The photosensitive chip is mounted on the circuit board. The lens base is mounted on the circuit board and receives the photosensitive chip therein. The filter is mounted in the lens base and positioned above the photosensitive chip. The lens is mounted in the lens base and positioned above the photosensitive chip. A dust-absorbing film is arranged in the lens base and located above the filter. An electronic device having the camera module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Chao Song, Shin-Wen Chen, Sheng-Jie Ding, Jing-Wei Li, Ding-Nan Huang