Patents Examined by Warren K Fenwick
  • Patent number: 11966149
    Abstract: A forward extending hollow glare reducing enclosure blocks glare on smartphone or wearable action camera viewing screens. The glare reducing enclosure totally blocks glare on the display screen in real-time, moment to moment. To protect the camera from weather elements, the camera is inserted in a holding clamp. Optionally, a user-worn headband holds a forward extending clamp and glare preventing enclosure, supporting a wearable action camera spaced apart from the viewer user. The user can record videos and stills during athletic or recreational activities, such as mountain climbing or skateboarding. The smartphone camera or the wearable action camera is activated by hand-controlled Bluetooth/Wi-Fi signals or via voice activation software. The action camera and glare reducing enclosure are positioned whereby the eyeball of the user, in combination with the wearable action camera, and the display screen jointly and simultaneously move, see, and record in any direction together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Sabin
  • Patent number: 11953475
    Abstract: An absorbance detector includes a sample cell, a light source for irradiating the sample cell, a photo sensor, an optical system for guiding light emitted from the light source to the sample cell and guiding light that has been transmitted through the sample cell to the photo sensor, a reference signal acquirer configured to acquire a detection signal of the photo sensor when the sample solution is not flowing through the sample cell as a reference signal for each analysis of the sample, a calculator configured to find absorbance of the sample based on a measurement signal obtained by the photo sensor in the analysis and the reference signal acquired for the analysis when an analysis of the sample is carried out, and an analysis data storage configured to associate data of the absorbance found by the calculator and data of the reference signal to each other for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Yonekura
  • Patent number: 11938868
    Abstract: A photographing device for a vehicle and relates to the field of automatic driving technology is disclosed. The specific solution is that the photographing device includes a seat; a camera mounted on the seat; a lens holder mounted on the seat and rotatable relative to the seat; a transparent lens mounted on the lens holder and arranged opposite to the camera; and a driving assembly connected with the lens holder to drive the lens holder to rotate relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingsheng Hu, Zongtao Fan, Bolei Wang, Rui Ren, Cheng Tan, Jiali Zhang, Yanfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11940432
    Abstract: A gas detector comprises a gas detection unit and a filter introducing surrounding atmosphere to the gas detection unit. The filter comprises a gas-permeable organic polymer membrane having an acidic group or a basic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: FIGARO ENGINEERING INC., NEW COSMOS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA
    Inventors: Masato Takeuchi, Junpei Furuno, Kenta Fukui, Kuniyuki Izawa, Masakazu Sai, Hirokazu Mitsuhashi, Takafumi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11942978
    Abstract: A phone strap for concealing a mobile phone is disclosed herein. The phone strap comprises a main body and a cover. The main body defines an internal compartment in an upper front section. The main body also has a lens aperture therethrough to the internal compartment. The cover is positioned over the lens aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Steven Felger
  • Patent number: 11927876
    Abstract: A camera apparatus includes a flexible carrier medium formed as a light guide and on which an input coupling region and an output region are disposed. Light, which is incident on the input coupling region from the surroundings, can be input into the carrier medium via the input coupling region. Internal reflection allows the light to be transmitted through the carrier medium from the input coupling region to the output coupling region. At the output coupling region, the transmitted light can be output from the carrier medium and be captured by an image capture device, which is disposed adjacent to the output coupling region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Markus Klug
  • Patent number: 11921081
    Abstract: A smell sensor includes an ion sensor in which a sensing section provided with a sensitive film configured to change a potential in accordance with a state of a measurement target is formed on a semiconductor substrate; a substance adsorption film disposed on the sensitive film and configured to change the state with adsorption of a smell substance; and a reference electrode configured to apply a reference voltage to the substance adsorption film. The reference electrode is disposed to be separated from the sensitive film and not to overlap the sensing section when viewed in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Toshiki Wakamori, Shinichi Nakahigashi, Kazuaki Sawada
  • Patent number: 11920975
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to alternative repeater design(s) that advantageously improve signal-to-noise of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) systems using coherent detection of Rayleigh backscatter in multi-span links including inline amplification that may be employed—for example—in undersea submarine systems. The repeater designs incorporate Rayleigh combine units (RCU) and Rayleigh drop units (RDU) to reduce Rayleigh backscatter loss as Rayleigh signal(s) is/are routed to a link that propagates the backscatter signal in an opposite direction relative to interrogation pulse(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Ezra Ip, Yue-Kai Huang, Fatih Yaman, Shinsuke Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 11906879
    Abstract: Provided are a camera module, a molded photosensitive assembly and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device. The molded photosensitive assembly is assembled with at least one optical lenses to form a camera module. The molded photosensitive assembly includes an imaging assembly, a molded base, and a filter member. The molded base includes a first molded portion and a second molded portion. The first molded portion embeds a part of the imaging assembly. The second molded portion is integrally formed on a first upper surface of the first molded portion, and the second molded portion has a second upper surface and a second outer side surface. A filter member is attached to the second upper surface of the second molded portion, and corresponds to a photosensitive path of the imaging assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Huang, Zhongyu Luan, Zongchun Yang, Fengsheng Xi, Chenxiang Xu
  • Patent number: 11906807
    Abstract: An optical system is provided, including a movable part, a fixed module, a driving assembly, a position sensor, and an electronic element. The movable part holds an optical element that defines an optical axis, and the fixed module is movably connected to the movable part and has a base. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed module. The position sensor is disposed on the base for detecting the position of the movable part relative to the fixed module. The electronic element is disposed on the base, wherein the position sensor overlaps the electronic element when viewed along the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Kao, Meng-Ting Lin, I-Mei Huang, Sin-Jhong Song
  • Patent number: 11910127
    Abstract: A camera positioning device for eye-to-eye alignment in video conference applications is provided. The device can include a camera, a cord going from the camera to a computer, and a positioning component (e.g., a bracket) that connects the camera to the computer. The bracket allows for manual adjustment of the cord attached to the camera to maintain vertical and horizontal positioning and rotational stability of a camera for improved eye-to-eye alignment in video conference applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CAMBOX INC.
    Inventor: Stacy Nimmo
  • Patent number: 11899354
    Abstract: Disclosed is ultrafast photographing apparatus based on polarization-time mapping, which can obtain spatiotemporal (x, y, t) information of a dynamic scene by means of single exposure. The apparatus includes an active illumination system, a synchronous control system, a data acquisition system, and a data reconstruction system. Firstly, illumination light is generated by the active illumination system to irradiate on a dynamic scene; the synchronous control system is configured to control the single exposure of a camera; the data acquisition system is configured to acquire a two-dimensional image containing sixteen frames of spatiotemporal aliasing by means of polarization modulation and polarization filtering; and the data reconstruction system is configured to reconstruct the acquired image by using an iterative Tikhonov regularization algorithm, and finally to restore sixteen frames of original dynamic scenes with time series information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shi'an Zhang, Dalong Qi, Pengpeng Ding, Yunhua Yao, Yilin He, Jiali Yao, Chengzhi Jin, Zihan Guo, Zhenrong Sun
  • Patent number: 11899004
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first member having a housing that encloses a power source and a controller, a second member coupled to the first member that is seeded with a target product, and a sensing module coupled to the first member to allow power from the power source to be transmitted to the sensing module and sensor data from the sensing module to be transmitted to the controller. The sensing module including a sensor oriented toward at least a portion of the second member. The sensor configured to obtain sensor data associated with at least one characteristic of the target product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Running Tide Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Luca Mastrangelo, William Johnson, Josh Hill, Timothy J. Dyson, Jacob F. Hagler, Charles B. W. Halvorson, Philipp Max Werminghausen, Andrew Clyde Thompson
  • Patent number: 11899345
    Abstract: A telescoping, anti-glare, weather-resistant, opaque, corrugated, compressible and retractable pipe shield blocks glare on smartphone or wearable action camera viewing screens. The pipe shield totally blocks glare on the display screen in real-time, moment to moment. To protect the camera from weather elements, the camera is inserted in a holding frame. The camera holding frame is mounted upon a handheld camera grip, adjacent to the distal end of the flexible pipe shield. The pipe shield may be extended or retracted via its corrugated folds. Optionally, a user-worn headband holds a cantilevered frame supporting a wearable action camera, adjacent to the distal end of the opaque, tubular, corrugated pipe shield, before the user's eyes. The user can record videos and stills during athletic or recreational activities, such as mountain climbing or skateboarding. The smartphone camera or the wearable action camera is activated by hand-controlled Bluetooth/Wi-Fi signals or via voice activation software.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Sabin
  • Patent number: 11892755
    Abstract: A lens unit includes a guided portion that includes a first bearing portion and a second bearing portion disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a direction X and is slidably supported by a guide shaft, and a lens holding member. The lens unit includes a first tilt-preventing member having a linear expansion coefficient lower than a linear expansion coefficient of the lens holding member. The first tilt-preventing member is fixed to a region of the guided portion positioned between the first bearing portion and second bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Takeya Abe, Keito Kamio, Ryosuke Nagami, Shinichiro Fujiki, Kazuaki Okamori, Yuya Sakai
  • Patent number: 11886106
    Abstract: A photographing module includes a lens assembly, a reflection element, an image sensor, and lens element, reflection element and image sensor driving modules. An axial voice coil motor of the lens element driving module moves the lens assembly along a lens optical axis. A rotating connection part and a curved recess structure are disposed between a holder and a carrier movable relative to the holder. A lateral voice coil motor of the reflection element driving module drives the carrier carrying the reflection element to rotate around an axis passing through the rotating connection part. A plurality of rollable elements are located between and in contact with the fixed member and the movable plate. A lateral voice coil motor of the image sensor driving module drives the movable plate carrying the image sensor to move based on a dynamic axis orthogonal to the lens optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Wei Fan, Ming-Ta Chou, Te-Sheng Tseng, Chen-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11880117
    Abstract: A camera module includes a plastic carrier, an imaging lens assembly, a reflective element and a plurality of auto-focusing elements. The plastic carrier includes an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein an inner space is defined by the inner portion, and the outer portion includes at least one mounting structure. The imaging lens assembly is disposed in the inner space of the plastic carrier. The reflective element is for folding an image light by a reflective surface of the reflective element into the imaging lens assembly. The auto-focusing elements include at least two magnets and at least one wiring element, wherein the auto-focusing elements are for moving the plastic carrier along a second optical axis of the imaging lens assembly, and the magnets or the wiring element can be disposed on the mounting structure of the outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Sheng Tseng, Ming-Ta Chou, Wen-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 11871099
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a camera module, at least part of which is disposed inside the housing. The camera module includes a fixed part including a camera housing fixedly disposed in the electronic device, a moving part including a lens and an image sensor, at least part of the moving part being received inside the camera housing such that the moving part moves relative to the fixed part, a drive member that moves the moving part and that includes a first drive member disposed on the camera housing and a second drive member that is disposed on the moving part and that electromagnetically interacts with the first drive member, and a support structure that supports a movement of the moving part and that includes a ball coupled to one of the moving part or the camera housing so as to be rotatable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungjin Rho, Byungkwon Kang, Hyunho Yu
  • Patent number: 11860516
    Abstract: A device for processing images are provided. The device a support bar, a mounting housing mounted with a camera lens, and a connector configured to connect the support bar to the mounting housing. The mounting housing is integrally rotatable with the connector with respect to the support bar. The mounting housing may further be mounted with an ultrasonic probe and a lightening device. The ultrasonic probe is configured to monitor a predefined change, such as a change in an occupation state of a parking space, and the camera lens and the lightening device is controlled at least by the monitored change. When the ultrasonic probe monitors that a car is leaving or entering a parking space, the camera lens and the lightening may be switched on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG DAHUA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liyun Zheng, Hui Zhan, Wenji Li, Dong Ye, Qilin Chen
  • Patent number: 11852560
    Abstract: In a first aspect, a testing assembly for conducting reliability tests on liquid lenses includes a liquid lens, and a test frame arranged to receive the liquid lens. The liquid lens includes a lens body defining a cavity, a first liquid disposed within the cavity, and a second liquid disposed within the cavity that is substantially immiscible with the first liquid such that an interface between the first liquid and the second liquid forms a lens. The test frame includes a front wall, and a back wall oriented substantially parallel to the front wall. The liquid lens mounts to at least one of the front wall or the back wall and the test frame simulates a smart device incorporating a liquid lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Petr Gorelchenko, Raymond Miller Karam, Jonathan David Pesansky, Michael David Shorkey, Ming Ying