Patents Issued in September 15, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220287514
    Abstract: An air-assisted, gravity feed amenity fluid dispensing system suitable for use with personal care fluids. The system may be embodied in a fluid dispenser including a support structure attachable to a support surface such as a wall and an openable canister supported by the support structure. The canister defines an internal cavity configured for inserting a recyclable container pre-packaged with the personal care fluid, and a fluid dispensing mechanism including an air pump configured to pressurize and dispense the fluid from the container through a dispensing hole in the canister. The air pump may be manually-operated in one embodiment to pump air into the container and dispense fluid each time a user depresses an actuator button. The personal care fluid may alternatively be filled directly into the canister without use of an insertable fluid container. Plural canisters each containing different fluids may be supported by the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Salvatore Sisto
  • Publication number: 20220287515
    Abstract: Portable sanitization fluid dispensing devices, systems including such devices, and methods for using such devices are described herein. Such devices, systems, and methods may assist in ensuring proper hand sanitization in sensitive environments, such as medical facilities, laboratories, food and drug preparation facilities, and the like. Devices and systems disclosed herein may be adaptive to, e.g., changing schedules, different users, and different environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Blink Device, LLC
    Inventors: Justin HULVERSHORN, Daniel HOFFMAN
  • Publication number: 20220287516
    Abstract: Exemplary soap, sanitizer and lotion dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a housing; a receptacle for receiving a container; a container of fluid comprising soap, sanitizer or lotion; a pump in fluid communication with the container; a power source; a pump coupled to a motor and pulse width modulation circuitry in circuit communication with the power source and the motor. The pulse width modulation circuitry is initially set to cause a selected dose of fluid to be dispensed at a base speed. A sensor for detecting a parameter indicative of an actual speed of a dispense of the fluid is also included. When the actual speed of the dispense of fluid is less than the base speed or greater than the base speed, the pulse width modulation circuitry adjusts the pulse width to cause the speed of a following dispense of fluid to be closer to the base speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: John J. McNulty, Nick E. Ciavarella, Daniel M. Willis, Aaron D. Marshall, Donald R. Harris
  • Publication number: 20220287517
    Abstract: A fabric warming container includes a base portion and one or more sidewall portions coupled to and extending vertically from the base portion along at least a portion of the periphery of the base portion. The one or more sidewall portions include an interior surface. One or more ultraviolet (UV) light sources may be positioned on the interior surface of the one or more sidewall portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Schwartz, Gunter Felix
  • Publication number: 20220287518
    Abstract: A package or pouch comprising one or more panel portions and a reclosure device. The reclosure device is provided to extend outward from a panel portion of the package to facilitate the use of the package to store and dispense wet wipes and like products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Mark Steele
  • Publication number: 20220287519
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a surface cleaning head and a rigid air flow conduit removably mountable between the surface cleaning head air outlet and the dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner. The hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body and a cyclone unit. The main body has a suction motor axis of rotation and an axially extending sidewall wherein an end of a pistol grip handle is mounted to the sidewall. The dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner is removably drivingly mounted to a downstream end of the rigid air flow conduit. When the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned with the front end of the hand vacuum cleaner in front of the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the cyclone axis of rotation is generally horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20220287520
    Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a hand vacuum cleaner, a surface cleaning head and a rigid air flow conduit removably mountable between the surface cleaning head air outlet and the dirty air inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner. The hand vacuum cleaner comprises a main body and a cyclone unit. The cyclone axis of rotation intersects the pistol grip handle. The cyclone axis of rotation is generally horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Publication number: 20220287521
    Abstract: A bypass valve may include a body defining a dirty air passageway, a nozzle coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway to a nozzle of the surface cleaning device, a wand coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway to a wand of the surface cleaning device, a suction coupling port configured to fluidly couple the dirty air passageway with a suction motor of the surface cleaning device, a wand receptacle configured to removably couple to the wand, and a valve bypass arrangement configured to selectively redirect air flowing through the body such that a majority of the air flowing through the body transitions between flowing through one of the wand coupling port and the nozzle coupling port. The valve bypass arrangement redirects the air in response to the wand being coupled to or decoupled from the wand receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Lee M. COTTRELL, Oliver G. HOLMES
  • Publication number: 20220287522
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaning robot having a body, a driving means configured to move the robot in a forward direction over a surface being cleaned, a suction opening arranged at an underside of the body, and a roller arranged at the underside of the body and in front of the suction opening, relative the forward direction. The roller is configured to define a front air passageway at the surface, and comprises bristles arranged to form a front air barrier restricting an air flow in the front air passageway. The front air barrier is configured to be substantially uniform over an entire turn of the roller, wherein the bristles are further arranged to direct the air flow towards a particle passing by the roller, and further into the suction opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Jens Leffler, Magnus Wennerström, Andreas Klintemyr
  • Publication number: 20220287523
    Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner having a nozzle arranged in a portion of a housing facing a surface to be cleaned. The nozzle has a leading edge portion having channels leading to the suction opening at two different heights from the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventors: Andreas Klintemyr, Anders Haegermarck
  • Publication number: 20220287524
    Abstract: A cleaning device and a method therefor are provided. The cleaning device includes a vacuum cleaner including a dust collecting container and a docking station to which the dust collecting container is coupled. The docking station includes a suction device configured to move air from the dust collecting container to inside of the docking station, a collector configured to collect a foreign substance that is moved together with the air by driving of the suction device, a suction flow path along which air moves inside the docking station, a flow adjusting device configured to open or close the suction flow path, and at least one processor configured to control the suction device to operate based on the dust collecting container being coupled to the docking station, and control the flow adjusting device to periodically open and close the suction flow path in a state in which the suction device operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yoonkyung CHO, Seehyun KIM, Jongsoon KIM, Gihyeong LEE, Seongu LEE, Ahyoung LEE, Jaeshik JEONG, Seungryong CHA
  • Publication number: 20220287525
    Abstract: A cyclonic separating device includes first and second cyclonic separating units. The first cyclonic separating unit is fitted over the second cyclonic separating unit. The second cyclonic separating unit includes first cyclones and second cyclones respectively arranged in a ring shape. Dust falling ends of the first cyclones define an accommodation space therebetween. The second cyclones partially extend into the accommodation space. Each first cyclone comprises first, second and third cone sections, each of which has a cone structure; airflow sucked in the first cyclones is sequentially separated by the first, second and third cone sections, and dust in the airflow is discharged from the third cone section; a central axis of the first cone section is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the dust cup; and an angle between a central axis of the second cone section and a central axis of the third cone section is 5°-20°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng TANG, Fei DUAN, Liang ZHONG, Peiheng ZHU, Yuan LV
  • Publication number: 20220287526
    Abstract: Disclosed are an air duct assembly and a cleaning device. The air duct assembly includes a dirt collecting box, a filter, a cyclone separator and a fan. The dirt collecting box is provided with a dirt collecting cavity and the dirt collecting box is also provided with a dirt inlet and an air outlet communicated with the dirt collecting cavity. The dirt collecting cavity is provided with an air guiding structure, the filter is arranged in the air outlet, the cyclone separator is connected with the air outlet, and the fan is connected with the cyclone separator. The fan drives an air flow to enter into the dirt collecting cavity from the dirt inlet, and enter the cyclone separator from the air outlet after being guided by the air guiding structure, and then enter the fan from the cyclone separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SUZHOU 360 ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Jixin WANG, Yongbin YANG, Suijun WEI
  • Publication number: 20220287527
    Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base and a storage compartment. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The base can include an electrical power interface configured to provide electrical power to the mobile cleaning robot. The storage compartment can be integrated with the base and the storage compartment can be sized and shaped to receive a user-replaceable accessory associated with the base or the mobile cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Insun Hong, Calvin Jinwon Lee, Ryan Mercier
  • Publication number: 20220287528
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner docking station is disclosed, the vacuum cleaner docking station includes a vacuum cleaner separator and a dock. The vacuum cleaner separator is operable to separate debris from a suction airflow. The vacuum cleaner separator includes a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a debris collector having a debris outlet. The vacuum cleaner separator is removably coupled to the dock. The dock includes an airflow source operable to generate an airflow. The dock further includes a dock debris collector and an airflow outlet in fluid communication with the airflow source such that the airflow generated by the airflow source is discharged from the airflow source through the airflow outlet. Airflow generated by the airflow source of the dock travels through the vacuum cleaner separator and through the debris outlet of vacuum cleaner to blow debris out of the debris outlet and into the dock debris collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kirti Kant Paulla, James Materdo, Damian Jenks, Bradley Hooley
  • Publication number: 20220287529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a robot cleaner control method comprising: a first step of storing information related to cleaning during which a manual cleaner cleans while being moved by a user; a second step in which the information, stored in the first step, is transmitted to a robot cleaner; and a third step in which the robot cleaner cleans according to the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Hyunjin JANG
  • Publication number: 20220287530
    Abstract: The method and system disclosed herein presents a method and system for capturing, by a camera moving in an environment, a sequence of consecutive frames at respective locations within a portion of the environment; constructing a topological semantic graph corresponding to the portion of the environment based on the sequence of consecutive frames; in accordance with a determination that the topological semantic graph includes at least a predefined number of edges: searching, in a topological semantic map of the environment, one or more candidate topological semantic graphs corresponding to the first topological semantic graph; for a respective candidate topological semantic graph of the one or more candidate topological semantic graphs, searching, in a joint semantic and feature localization map, a keyframe corresponding to the respective candidate topological semantic graph; and computing a current pose of the camera based on the keyframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Wei XI, Xiuzhong WANG
  • Publication number: 20220287531
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for performing a designated cleaning task. The system comprises a plurality of cleaning apparatus, and at least one of the plurality of cleaning apparatus is communicatively connected with a processor unit, wherein the processor unit comprises a hierarchy generation module for determining a hierarchy state of each of the registered cleaning apparatus; a task planning module for generating a cleaning operation plan based on the hierarchy state assigned to each of the registered cleaning apparatus; and a task execution module for transmitting a command to execute the cleaning operation plan. The present disclosure also relates to a cleaning apparatus for use with the cooperative cleaning system. The present disclosure also relates to a system for performing a designated task using a plurality of task specific devices by generating device-specific control command for each of the devices based on a high-level control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: LIONSBOT INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Dylan Terntzer NG, Mohan Rajesh ELARA, Thejus PATHMAKUMAR, Sunardi TAY
  • Publication number: 20220287532
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot cleaner including: a main body forming an outer shape; a pair of rotary mops moving the main body while rotating in contact with a floor; a drive motor rotating the pair of rotary mops; a pump connected to a water tank and driving a nozzle for spraying water to the rotary mop; and a controller for determining water content of the rotary mop in a preliminary step before wet cleaning, and controlling to start the wet cleaning after driving the pump until the water content of the rotary mop satisfy a certain level. Accordingly, it is possible to detect a change in the output current of the motor of the rotary mop of the robot cleaner and determine the water content according to the change in the current value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jaewon JANG, Yeongjae LEE, Youngbin KIM
  • Publication number: 20220287533
    Abstract: A sweeping robot includes a housing, at least one laser emitting component, at least one image acquisition component, and a processing component connected with each laser emitting component and each image acquisition component. Each laser emitting component is adapted to project laser in a travel direction. Each image acquisition component is adapted to acquire a target image in the travel direction. The processing component is adapted to acquire the target image collected by the image acquisition component. When there is a projection image of a projection point where the laser is projected onto an obstacle in the target image, a contour information of the obstacle is acquired, a type of the obstacle indicated by the contour information is determined, and the sweeping robot is controlled to clean. Besides, an automatic control method for the sweeping robot is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: LUOKUN SHEN, JUN WU
  • Publication number: 20220287534
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot system including: a robot cleaner configured to perform wet cleaning in a cleaning zone; a server configured to communicate with the robot cleaner and perform control of the robot cleaner; and a user terminal configured to be in association with the robot cleaner, and control the robot cleaner as an application for the control of the robot cleaner is activated, wherein the robot cleaner includes: a main body configured to form an outer shape; a pair of rotary mop modules configured to be rotatably installed in the main body, move the main body while rotating, and have a mop cloth attached to a rotating plate of a lower portion; a drive motor configured to rotate the pair of rotary mop modules; a mop detecting unit configured to detect an error state of the mop cloth attached to the rotating plate and output a detection signal; and a controller configured to determine the error state of the mop cloth according to the detection signal from the mop detecting unit, and control driving of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Jaewon JANG, Yeongjae LEE, Seaunglok HAM
  • Publication number: 20220287535
    Abstract: An evacuation station for collecting debris from a cleaning robot includes a controller configured to execute instructions to perform one or more operations. The one or more operations includes initiating an evacuation operation such that an air mover draws air containing debris from the cleaning robot, through an intake of the evacuation station, and through a canister of the evacuation station and such that a receptacle received by the evacuation station receives at least a portion of the debris drawn from the cleaning robot. The one or more operations includes ceasing the evacuation operation in response to a pressure value being within a range. The pressure value is determined based at least in part on data indicative of an air pressure, and the range is set based at least in part on a number of evacuation operations initiated before the evacuation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ellen B. Cargill, Douglas Dell'Accio, Benjamin Pheil, Flavia Pastore, Paul Schmitt, John P. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20220287536
    Abstract: A docking station includes a base and a cleaning member assembly. The cleaning member assembly includes at least one cleaning member, a first bracket, a second bracket, and a power source. Each of the at least one cleaning member is mounted on the first bracket and the second bracket. One of the first bracket and the second bracket is a fixed bracket, and the other is a movable bracket. The movable bracket is driven to reciprocate along a straight line, in order to drive each the cleaning member to swing relative to the first bracket around a central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: JINGUANG HUANG, LI LEI
  • Publication number: 20220287537
    Abstract: Disclosed are a base station and a cleaning equipment. The base station includes: a first box defined with a sewage inlet for solid-liquid mixed garbage to enter the first box; a second box communicated with the first box, for receiving liquid garbage from the first box; a cyclone separator communicated with the first box; and a fan communicated with the cyclone separator, the fan is configured to drive an external airflow into the first box from the sewage inlet, and drive the external airflow to enter the fan after passing through the cyclone separator, such that the solid-liquid mixed garbage enters the first box through the sewage inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: CHENGDU QUANJING INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jixin WANG, Yongbin YANG, Suijun WEI
  • Publication number: 20220287538
    Abstract: A self-cleaning drying cleaning device includes a cleaning appliance with a cleaning brush head, and a cleaning storage seat used to store the cleaning appliance. The cleaning storage seat includes a cleaning storage seat main body including a housing provided with a storage portion that is used to store the cleaning brush head, an air drying device located inside the cleaning storage seat main body, and a control motherboard electrically connected to the air drying device and used to control the working mode of the air drying device. The housing has an air inlet and an air outlet. The air drying device directs wind from the air inlet to the air outlet and blows the wind to the storage portion to dry the cleaning brush head, avoiding the cleaning brush head being kept in a damp state after cleaning, keeping the cleaning brush head hygienic and clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: TU-JING ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20220287539
    Abstract: A household appliance includes a control device configured to carry out a treatment program from a plurality of treatment programs, each of the plurality of treatment programs being determined by a plurality of program parameters. An output unit outputs a feedback survey in accordance with a feedback cycle to a user of the household appliance, and an adjustment unit adjusts a content of the feedback survey depending on a user feedback detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Miller, Kai Paintner, Alexander Rommel, Katharina Scheck, Helena Riehl, Manuel Meyer, Matthias Heckes, Matthias Hüdig
  • Publication number: 20220287540
    Abstract: A method for controlling a home appliance depending on a load includes taking a load image with an appliance camera, sending the image from the appliance to the server, processing the image on the server, and generating a processing result. Control data is determined on the server for controlling the appliance based on the result and is then sent to the appliance and/or the processing result is sent to the appliance enabling the appliance to determine data for controlling the appliance based on the processing result. The control data and/or the processing result is received from the server on the appliance and based thereon appliance working programs are controlled. Image processing generating the result includes upscaling the image using a trained generative adversarial network and analyzing the load using a trained neural network. A server, home appliance and system including both are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Rupp, Kai Paintner, Kuldeep Narayan Singh
  • Publication number: 20220287541
    Abstract: A compact counter manual use tableware hydro-cleaning apparatus (10, 10?) comprising two operating units defined by a first unit (12, 12?) and by a second unit (14) not rigidly connected to each other, separable, movable and positionable/repositionable independently with respect to each other, the first unit (12, 12?) defining a control unit which houses the components/devices required for the operation of the hydro-cleaning apparatus and the second unit (14) defining a tableware washing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Nicolo Petrone, Raimondo Raffi, Simone Peronaci
  • Publication number: 20220287542
    Abstract: A dishwasher system for cleaning dishes may include at least one rack configured to receive a silverware basket, the basket including at least one silverware compartment, a pair of camshafts including a first camshaft and a second camshaft, each fixed to the rack and operable by a gearbox configured to rotate the camshafts with respect to the rack, the camshafts arranged below the silverware basket, and a cam arranged at each end of each of the camshafts, wherein upon rotation of the camshaft by the gearbox, the cams affect the height of a respective corner of the basket to allow the silverware therein to be lifted or lowered and exposed to spray at various heights or angles from sprayers within the dishwasher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Sujit S. NAIK
  • Publication number: 20220287543
    Abstract: An automatic dishwasher configured to implement an automatic treating cycle of operation. The automatic dishwasher having a tub, a dish rack, a first set of cup seats and a utensil caddy. The dish rack having a bottom wall defining at least one plane, with the first set of cup sets being provided along the bottom wall. The utensil caddy having a first side wall and a second side wall opposing the first side wall, with the first side wall abutting the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mark S. Feddema, William J. Snell, Sachie Kakehi
  • Publication number: 20220287544
    Abstract: Provided is a rail device for a dishwasher including a guide main body part; an upper support roller part coupled to one side of the guide main body part to be rotatable with respect to a central axis; a lower support roller part coupled to one side of the guide main body part to be rotatable with respect to a central axis; a guide rail part extendedly formed along the sliding direction with one side inserted into the space between the upper support roller part and the lower support roller part; and a rack roller part having one side inserted into the guide rail part and the other side coupled to one surface inside the main body of the dishwasher or coupled to the sliding basket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SEGOS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Myun LEE, Sai Ryun KIM
  • Publication number: 20220287545
    Abstract: An electrosurgical device vision system, comprising at least one of one or more fiber-optic cables and/or digital image sensor positioned to capture a corresponding one or more views of the surgical site in proximity to a distal tip portion of an electrosurgical device, and a processor configured to utilize multiple images captured by the vision system to construct a composite image with at least one of an improved resolution, clarity, dynamic range, and/or size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Mohammad Miri, Prakash Manley, Christopher T. Brown, Anjali Dhiman
  • Publication number: 20220287546
    Abstract: A tip part for a medical insertion vision device, a method of making the tip part, and a visualization system including the medical insertion vision device. The tip part includes an exterior housing having a distal front wall and a circumferential wall, the distal front wall and the circumferential wall enclosing an interior spacing having a camera compartment at a distal end and a potting compartment proximal of the camera compartment; a camera assembly positioned in the camera compartment, the camera assembly comprising an image sensor and a lens stack positioned distally of the image sensor, the image sensor having a proximal end; a sealing material that forms a seal that seals the camera compartment from the potting compartment; and a potting material in the potting compartment, the sealing material preventing the potting material from extending father distally than the proximal end of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: AMBU A/S
    Inventors: Morten Sørensen, Hans Jochumsen
  • Publication number: 20220287547
    Abstract: A self-locking device of an endoscope is provided. The endoscope includes a housing and a toggle assembly. The toggle assembly includes a toggle support, an elastic support and a toggle handle. The toggle handle is sleeved on the toggle support. An inner side of the toggle support is provided with a toggle lever and a friction piece. One end of the toggle lever is hinged to the toggle handle, and the other end of the toggle lever is not connected to the friction piece. The toggle lever has an L-shaped cross section, with a middle bend fixed to the toggle support. The toggle lever is hinged to the toggle support through a first pin. When being stressed, the toggle lever is rotatable around the first pin, so as to push the friction piece to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: HUNAN VATHIN MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenjun MO, Xiaofeng JIA, Guanhua ZHOU, Peng TANG
  • Publication number: 20220287548
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus for endoscope includes: a coupler configured to hold an endoscope for capturing an image of a subject, and emit the image of the subject; an imaging apparatus main body connected to the coupler so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the coupler around an optical axis of the endoscope, the imaging apparatus main body being configured to capture the image of the subject emitted from the endoscope; and a posture keeping member configured to maintain a posture of the imaging apparatus main body with respect to the optical axis of the endoscope by generating a desired physical quantity between the coupler and the imaging apparatus main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya TANIGUCHI, Atsuomi OHNO
  • Publication number: 20220287549
    Abstract: A treatment support apparatus (100) includes an excitation light source (21) configured to irradiate a fluorescent substance (301) of a drug (300) administered into a cancer patient's (200) body with excitation light in a specific waveband having energy that excites the fluorescent substance (301) but does not kill a cancer cell (301) before or after treatment to kill the cancer cell (201) based on irradiating the drug (300) containing the fluorescent substance (301) with light in a specific waveband, a fluorescence detector (26) configured to detect fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent substance (301) of the drug (300) due to excitation by the excitation light, and an image generator (16) configured to generate a fluorescence distribution image (41), which is an image showing a distribution state of the fluorescence emitted by the fluorescent substance (301), based on the fluorescence from the fluorescent substance (301) detected by the fluorescence detector (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220287550
    Abstract: An endoscopy support apparatus 1 includes: an analysis information generation unit 2 that inputs image information of an imaged living body into a model, estimates a region of a target site of the living body, and generates analysis information including region information indicating the estimated region and score information indicating likeness of the region to the target site; a user information generation unit 3 that generates user information related to the user, which has been input by a user using a user interface 23; an image-related information generation unit 4 that generates image-related information by associating imaging date and time information indicating a date and time when an image was captured, the analysis information, and the user information, for each piece of image information; and an examination management information generation unit 5 that generates examination management information by associating a plurality of pieces of the image-related information with examination information indi
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsu KIMURA, Kenichi KAMNIO, Shota OHTSUKA, Kimiyasu TAKOH, Ikuma TARAHASHI, Motoyasu OKUTSU
  • Publication number: 20220287551
    Abstract: A memory controller 931, in a first observation mode, writes a first captured image into a first memory area of a memory 92, reads first to fourth divided images obtained by dividing the first captured image from first to fourth divided areas of the first memory area, respectively, and outputs the first to fourth divided images to image processing units 932 to 935, respectively, and in a second observation mode, writes the first and second captured images into second and third memory areas, respectively, each having the same memory capacity as that of each of the divided areas in the memory 92, respectively, reads the first and second captured images from the second and third memory areas, respectively, and outputs the first and second captured images to two image processing units 932 and 933, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Taihei MICHIHATA, Aki MIZUKAMI
  • Publication number: 20220287552
    Abstract: The disclosure extends to systems and methods for reducing the area of an image sensor by reducing the imaging sensor pad count used for data transmission and clock generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Blanquart, Donald M. Wichern
  • Publication number: 20220287553
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for medical imaging. The system may comprise a plurality of illumination sources. The plurality of illumination sources may comprise at least two of (i) a white light source configured to generate a white light beam and (ii) one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser light sources configured to generate one or more laser light beams. The system may further comprise a movable plate comprising one or more cut-outs. The movable plate may be (i) optically aligned with one or more of the plurality of illumination sources and (ii) configured to move so as to (a) control an exposure of the one or more illumination sources through the one or more cut-outs, relative to a pre-determined frame capture rate, and (b) generate one or more light pulses based on the controlled exposure of the one or more illumination sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen TULLY, John OBERLIN, Emanuel DEMAIO, Liam O'SHEA, Thomas CALEF
  • Publication number: 20220287554
    Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source, a second light source, and a processor. The processor controls, based on spectrum setting information, an emitted light amount of the first light source and an emitted light amount of the second light source so that the emitted light amount of the first light source becomes larger than the emitted light amount of the second light source. The observation object includes a region of interest, a merkmal, and a peripheral portion. The spectrum setting information is set based on a merkmal observed ratio that is a ratio between a spectral reflectance in the merkmal and a spectral reflectance in the peripheral portion. A degree of disassociation of the merkmal observed ratio in the first wavelength region from 1 is greater than a degree of disassociation of the merkmal observed ratio in the second wavelength region from 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi ITO, Masayoshi SAITO, Koki MORISHITA
  • Publication number: 20220287555
    Abstract: An optic light guide includes a plurality of light-guiding single fibres which are combined into a bundle and at least one sheath which encloses at least one section of an outer circumference of the bundle, the at least one sheath being made of ceramic. The optic light guide may be arranged in an area of a tip of an endoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hannes Joseph, Philip Stengel, Ralf Kleiser, Björn Kuhwe, Sebastian Petsch
  • Publication number: 20220287556
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes systems and methods for improving images provided by imaging systems by controlling the temperature of these imaging systems without reducing the image quality or increasing noise in the system. In one aspect, a cannula assembly comprises a processor, and a cannula having a distal end configured for insertion into a patient and housing an imaging device, an image sensor, and a temperature sensor. The processor may be housed within one portion of the tube, or it may be located external to the tube or even external to the patient. The processor is operable to receive temperature information from the temperature sensor, determine, based on the temperature information, whether a temperature of the image sensor is within a predetermined temperature range, and maintain the temperature of the image sensor within the predetermined temperature range by modifying an illumination level of the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Vivek Sikri
  • Publication number: 20220287557
    Abstract: The present description may include a retinal-imaging device, comprising a first module for acquiring tomographic images, with a first illumination and detection sub-module and a first scanning sub-module for scanning in two directions, said first module being configured to acquire a plurality of cross-sectional images of the retina; the device further comprises a second module for acquiring surface images of the retina, with a second illumination and detection sub-module, said second module being configured to acquire surface images of the retina; the device further comprises a control unit configured to determine an angular velocity of the movements of the retina in at least one of the two directions; and to determine, before the start of acquisition of each cross-sectional image of said plurality of cross-sectional images of the retina, a scanning velocity to be applied by said first scanning sub-module in said at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Imagine Eyes
    Inventors: Nicolas Lefaudeux, Xavier Levecq
  • Publication number: 20220287558
    Abstract: A system and method for home testing of patient focal length, and detecting for the presence or changes in myopic conditions utilizing a multi-colored testing screen. Utilizing the varied refractive properties of each wavelength of light (colors), changes in myopia and focal length can be monitored in each of the separate colors. Baseline visual acuity is determined, and the testing occurs with relevant-sized optotypes. Optotypes are displayed in red, white, and green, simultaneously on a display screen set at four meters distance. Games and acuity tests are conducted to determine the focal acuity at each of the wavelengths. Results are recorded and used for future diagnosis and treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: James W. O'NEIL, Richard S. TIRENDI
  • Publication number: 20220287559
    Abstract: An ophthalmic optical coherence tomography instrument, method, and computer-readable medium. The instrument includes a scanner defining an apparent point source for scanning sample light across a subject position and an objective having a posterior imaging configuration to project the apparent point source onto a pivot point between the objective and the subject position. The objective is settable between the posterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a retina of an eye at the subject position and an anterior imaging configuration for scanning the sample light across a pivot plane. An axial region from which an interferogram is detectable extends across the pivot plane while the objective is in the anterior imaging configuration. A pupil alignment method uses the anterior imaging modality to obtain a structure position of a structure of an eye's anterior segment and then an offset between the structure position and a reference position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: OPTOS PLC
    Inventors: Praveen Ashok, David Evans
  • Publication number: 20220287560
    Abstract: An ophthalmic apparatus for examining the eyes of a patient includes a housing arranged in such a way to define at least a chamber. The housing includes at least an observation opening adapted to allow a patient to observe an internal volume of said at least a chamber along at least a corresponding predefined optical path. The ophthalmic apparatus includes regulation means capable of continuously regulating the pupil diameter of at least an eye of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Paolo BACCO, Ivan CAPRARO, Gianluigi MENEGHINI
  • Publication number: 20220287561
    Abstract: A microscope is provided which includes an optical module, an OCT module, and a control device. The optical module is configured to generate optical image representations. The OCT module is configured to generate tomographic recordings. The control device is configured to determine the relative spatial position of a marking element, in each case from an optical image representation of the marking element and from a tomographic recording of the same marking element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hessam Roodaki, Abouzar Eslami
  • Publication number: 20220287562
    Abstract: A method to find a visual axis of an eye includes illuminating a light source pinhole by a light including at least two different wavelengths; projecting an image of the light source pinhole through a translatable pinhole and through a pupil of the eye onto a retina of the eye; generating a projected image of the translatable pinhole on an anterior surface of the eye or a contact lens; adjusting a position of the translatable pinhole in a plane about parallel to a plane of a cornea of the eye until two different dots viewed on the retina merge into one dot; and indicating by the projected image of the translatable pinhole a location of where the visual axis of the eye intersects the cornea or the contact lens. An apparatus to measure a visual axis of an eye is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventor: Geunyoung Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220287563
    Abstract: Embodiments related to a self-administered, behavior modification program facilitated through a structured tailoring method and system thereof which accelerates and enhances the internalization process of the individual, and which provides help when the individual begins to fail in adhering or continuing with the behavior modification are disclosed. Program instructions that when executed by a processor causes a processor to initiate automatically a schedule of events of a structured tailoring procedure upon entry criteria being met at some unknown time, provide intervention according to the intervention preferences when the adherence criteria for one of the events has not been met, and end automatically the structured collection procedure upon exit criteria being met at some unknown time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Wong, David Hasker, Glenn Brassington, Stefan Weinert, Abhishek S. Soni, Alan Greenburg, Paul J. Galley, Ulrich Porsch, Robert E. Reinke, Marco De Polo