Patents Examined by Warren K Fenwick
  • Image stabilization apparatus and control method thereof
    Patent number: 10788736
    Abstract: A method for controlling an image stabilization apparatus includes detecting a motion status of a handle of the image stabilization apparatus. A rotation of the handle is controlled by a rotary axis motor of the image stabilization apparatus. The method further includes controlling the rotary axis motor to stop rotating in response to the motion status of the handle being a free status in which the handle is not fixed and one portion of the image stabilization apparatus other than the handle is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI OSMO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yan Wang
  • Flow control system, method, and apparatus
    Patent number: 10782710
    Abstract: A mass flow control apparatus having a monolithic base. The monolithic base has a gas inlet, a gas outlet, a first flow component mounting region, a second flow component mounting region, and a third flow component mounting region. The first flow component mounting region has a first inlet port and a first outlet port, the first inlet port being fluidly coupled to the gas inlet of the monolithic base. The second flow component mounting region has a second inlet port, a second outlet port, and a first auxiliary port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel T. Mudd, Marshall B. Grill, Norman L. Batchelor, II
  • Determining the partial pressure of a gas, calibrating a pressure sensor
    Patent number: 10768152
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method and system for determining the partial pressure of at least one gas in a mixture of gasses contained in a pressure vessel, the mixture being pressurised to a level which is above local atmospheric pressure. The method comprises the steps of positioning a gas analysis sensor (14) within a pressure vessel (10); exposing the sensor to the mixture of gasses at the pressure level found in the pressure vessel; operating the sensor to measure the actual partial pressure of the at least one gas in the mixture contained in the vessel; and periodically calibrating the sensor by directing a calibrating gas mixture (20, 22) to the sensor in the chamber, the calibrating gas mixture being breathable by a human being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Fathom Systems Limited
    Inventor: Gareth Kerr
  • Blade drive device
    Patent number: 10754226
    Abstract: A blade driving device comprising: a driving member; one or more blade members that are caused to undergo sliding motion by the driving member; a blade supporting unit for supporting the blade member slidably; and a frame for containing the driving member and a portion of the blade supporting unit, wherein the blade supporting unit comprises a blade chamber for containing a blade member between opposing thin plate members, along with an insertion portion that has an opening and that protrudes from a frame, wherein the opposing thin plate members are integrated together at least the tip end of the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shozo Iwato, Koji Sawanobori, Kazuo Shikama, Kenzo Imai, Nobuaki Watanabe
  • Image pickup apparatus to which accessory is removably attached, and image pickup system
    Patent number: 10732491
    Abstract: An image pickup apparatus that suppresses looseness of an accessory fastened to a fastening portion of an apparatus body. An image pickup apparatus includes an accessory that includes a pair of fastening members, and an apparatus body including two fastening portions to which the accessory is removably fastened using the pair of fastening members. The accessory is provided with a second fitting portion which is fitted to one of first fitting portions formed around the fastening portions, by protrusion-recess fitting, in a state in which the accessory is fastened to the fastening portions of the apparatus body using the fastening members. One of the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion is formed by two fitting portions provided in association with the fastening members, and the other is formed by at least one fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Norikazu Hirota, Kouichi Shigeta
  • Hydraulic actuator arrangement
    Patent number: 10724210
    Abstract: A hydraulic actuator with a sensor mounted on the actuator cylinder for determining the position of the actuator. The arrangement comprises a hydraulic actuator which includes a cylinder having a bore in which a piston is slidably mounted for movement along the cylinder to extend and retract the hydraulic actuator. The cylinder has a side wall and a cylinder aperture extending through the side wall. A wire actuated encoder is mounted on the external surface of the cylinder, which has a wire which extends through the cylinder aperture and is attached to the piston for determining a stroke position of the piston within the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Oliver Martyn Hayes, Simon Richard Conway
  • Support and selfie stick with support
    Patent number: 10718466
    Abstract: Disclosed are a support and a selfie stick with a support relating to the field of selfie stick technology. The support includes a seat body on which a receiving slot is provided, a support foot provided on the seat body and rotatable relative to the seat body to extend and support the seat body or to fold to be stored in the receiving slot, and a locking structure provided on the seat body for locking the support foot to support the seat body after the support foot is extended, or for unlocking the support foot to enable the support foot to be stored when the support foot is folded. The support enables the support foot on the support to be stored in the receiving slot after being folded, so that good structural fusion characteristics are provided between the support foot and the seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN HAOHUALIANHE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weihao Chen
  • Mirror tilt actuation
    Patent number: 10712581
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an image sensor and a zoom lens assembly including a plurality of movable lens elements arranged to be moved independent of one another. In some embodiments, the plurality of movable lens elements share an optical axis. Some embodiments include a lens and mirror assembly for admitting light to the miniature camera. The lens and mirror assembly includes a folded optics arrangement such that light enters the lens and mirror assembly through a first lens with an optical axis of the first lens orthogonal to the plurality of moveable lens elements. The lens and mirror assembly includes a mirror for folding the path of light from the optical axis of the first lens to the optical axis of the plurality of movable lens elements, and the lens and mirror assembly further includes an actuator for tilting the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Y. Chan, Richard J. Topliss, Steven Webster
  • Coupling system
    Patent number: 10703302
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coupling system for coupling an accessory to a mount. Included is a mount comprising a mount end for mounting on a mounting surface and a coupling end comprising a first coupling arrangement, and an accessory coupleable to mount. The accessory comprising a second coupling arrangement disposed on a surface. The first and second coupling arrangement comprising coupling elements configured to guide accessory into a coupling orientation relative to mount maintain coupling orientation through a coupling/decoupling operation and to couple accessory to mount in a coupled configuration. First set of coupling elements comprise formations disposed on one of first and second coupling arrangements and complementary formations disposed on the other of first and second coupling arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Portable Multimedia Ltd
    Inventors: Robert George Grant, Graham Keith Lambert, Ceri Hill
  • Apparatus for mobile phone photography
    Patent number: 10698300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for mobile phone photography which comprises a bottom member, a reflective member, a support member and a mounting member. The bottom member comprises opposing first and second faces. The reflective member mounted to the first face of the said bottom member. A side portion of the support member is mounted to the second face of the bottom member. An angle ? having a range between 70 degrees and 110 degrees is formed between the support member and the bottom member and the mounting member is further mounted to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Wah Leung, Siu Chun Ng
  • Spray system pressure differential monitoring
    Patent number: 10688509
    Abstract: A control method for a two-component spray system having first and second pumps for separate fluid components includes registering a target spray pressure, registering a material-specific pressure factor margin, sensing an output pressure of the second pump, and identifying a failure condition in the event that the sensed output pressure remains further than the pressure factor margin from the target spray pressure for at least a threshold time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Fehr, John R. Ingebrand, Dennis J. Van Keulen
  • Systems and method for formation evaluation from borehole
    Patent number: 10684384
    Abstract: A downhole measurement tool configured to be run through a bore includes a source and a 3-component receiver. The source is configured to emit a signal into a volume of material surrounding the bore. The source signal propagates through the material surrounding the bore and reflects off of features within the material surrounding the bore. The three-component receiver includes a first, a second, and a third element. The first element is oriented in a first plane, orthogonal to an axis of the bore, and receives a first component of the set of reflections of the source signal. The second element is oriented in the first plane, orthogonal to the first element, and receives a second component of the set of reflections of the source signal. The third element is oriented parallel to the axis and receives a third component of the set of reflections of the source signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Debashish Sarkar, Michael Wells, Stewart Blake Brazil, James Verna Leggett, III
  • Strain based systems and methods for performance measurement and/or malfunction detection of rotating machinery
    Patent number: 10684193
    Abstract: Performance measurement and/or malfunction detection of rotating machinery can be accomplished by using one or more strain measuring devices attached to a journal bearing housing, using the strain measuring device or devices to generate an electrically measurable output in response to a change of a force in at least part of the journal bearing housing, using a Wheatstone bridge circuit to convert the electrically measurable output to an analog electrical signal, converting the analog electrical signal to a digital electrical signal and analyzing the digital electrical signal to determine the performance of the machinery and/or existence of a malfunction in the rotating machinery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mitchell Stansloski, Austin Neumeier, Grant Slinger, Cody Vanderheyden
  • Damping structure, gimbal assembly, and unmanned aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 10684535
    Abstract: A damping structure configured for connecting a gimbal with a carrier is provided. The damping structure includes a first connecting member connectable with the gimbal. The damping structure also includes a second connecting member connectable with the carrier. The damping structure also includes a damper elastically disposed between the first connecting member and the second connecting member. The damping structure further includes a separation-proof member connected with the damper and configured to cause the damper to abut against at least one of the first connecting member and the second connecting member through a stretching force generated by vibration of the damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ran Liao, Hao Liu
  • Lighting device reflecting part of irradiation light and image pickup apparatus using lighting device
    Patent number: 10670944
    Abstract: A lighting device that is capable of retracting a reflective member inside a lighting device and of deciding size of the reflective member irrespective of the size of the lighting device. The lighting device includes a light emitting section and a reflective member. The reflective member is drawably retracted in the light emitting section and is provided with reflectors that are developed by a drawing operation to reflect a part of light irradiated from the light emitting section. Area of the reflectors in a developed state is more than area of the reflectors in a retracted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Okano
  • Image capturing apparatus and accessories
    Patent number: 10656504
    Abstract: There is provided an image capturing apparatus on which, and from which, an accessory is mountable and dismountable by relative rotation in a circumferential direction. The image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of terminals disposed in a circumferential direction of a mount and configured to be used in electrical connection, and a terminal holder. Each of the plurality of terminals is electrically connected to a corresponding terminal of the accessory. A first terminal of the terminals used in communication at a first voltage level and a second terminal of the terminals used in communication at a second voltage level lower than the first voltage level are disposed on the same stage of the terminal holder. The second terminal is a terminal connected to ground via a first resistor. The first terminal is disposed adjacent to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Fujihashi, Yasuyuki Watazawa, Hitoshi Yasuda, Suguru Tsukamoto, Naoki Saito, Fuya Mizuochi, Toru Ohara
  • Dual-lens module driving device
    Patent number: 10656381
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a dual-lens module driving device, which comprises a shell, wherein the shell comprises a top wall and a side wall, the top wall is provided with a first opening and a second opening, a base and a support frame, the support frame is provided with a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity, a first lens tube, a second lens tube, a first lens set, a second lens set, a first focusing coil set, a second focusing coil set, a first magnetic steel set, a second magnetic steel set, a circuit board, an optical anti-shaking coil set, a first elastic sheet set, a second elastic sheet set, a translational suspension system and a connecting terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Leping Dong
  • Camera adapter for optical equipment
    Patent number: 10649319
    Abstract: A cap assembly for use with an optical device having an eyepiece includes an attachment member defining a cavity having a first opening and a second opening that are colinear. The first opening is dimensioned such that the eyepiece is insertable into the cavity through the first opening to secure the cap assembly to the eyepiece. A camera holder is rotatably mounted with respect to the attachment member, such as via a hinge, such that the camera holder is selectively movable between a first position in which the camera holder is colinear with the first opening, second opening, and cavity, and a second position in which the camera holder is not colinear with the first opening, second opening, and cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Inventor: Timothy H. Linn
  • Accessory, image pickup apparatus on which same is mountable, and camera system
    Patent number: 10627704
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein half lines that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through second terminals that are used in communication between the image pickup apparatus and the accessory, all pass through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu
  • Accessory, image pickup apparatus on which same is mountable, and camera system
    Patent number: 10620510
    Abstract: An accessory configured to be detachably mountable to an image pickup apparatus including a first mount portion including first bayonet claw portions, and first terminals, the accessory including a second mount portion including second bayonet claw portions configured to enable engagement with the first bayonet claw portions, and second terminals configured to enable contact with the first terminals, in which the second terminals are provided at positions that are different from positions of the second bayonet claw portions, and wherein, a half line that extends from a central axis of the second mount portion and passes through a second terminal that determines whether an optical apparatus is mounted on the image pickup apparatus or not, passes through a predetermined second bayonet claw portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahisa Tamura, Kunihiko Sasaki, Toshinori Yamazaki, Masayasu Shigematsu