Infrared-to-visible Imaging Patents (Class 250/330)
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Patent number: 12092518Abstract: Provided herein are a system and a method thereof which allows for calibrating a laser or getting characteristics of the laser by measuring the temporally and spatially resolved beam profile and power density cross-section using non-contact radiometry. An example method includes receiving a radiation beam from a light source by protrusions that protrude from a plate. The example method further includes imaging the protrusions, measuring a respective temperature of each of the protrusions based on the imaging, and profiling the radiation beam based on the measuring.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., Kenneth W. Harclerode
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Patent number: 12081898Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide an image fusion method and a bifocal camera. The method includes: acquiring a thermal image captured by the thermal imaging lens and a visible light image captured by the visible light lens; determining a first focal length when the thermal imaging lens captures the thermal image and a second focal length when the visible light lens captures the visible light image; determining a size calibration parameter and a position calibration parameter of the thermal image according to the first focal length and the second focal length; adjusting a size of the thermal image according to the size calibration parameter, and moving an adjusted thermal image to the visible light image according to the position calibration parameter for registration with the visible light image, to obtain to-be-fused images; and fusing the to-be-fused images to generate a bifocal fused image.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhaozao Li
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Patent number: 12061263Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for generating, processing and correlating data from multiple sensors in an autonomous navigation system, and more particularly to the utilization of configurable and dynamic sensor modules within light detection and ranging systems that enable an improved correlation between sensor data as well as configurability and responsiveness of the system to its surrounding environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.Inventors: David Hall, Anand Gopalan, Matthew Rekow, Stephen Nestinger, Tyler Banas
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Patent number: 12050136Abstract: The disclosed MMW wave sensing camera calibration arrangement that generally includes a millimeter wave camera that uses an energy emission calibration panel as a calibration standard. The MMW camera is positioned opposite the calibration panel in the MMW camera's field-of-view. The calibration panel is held at a constant temperature to provide a standard emission of millimeter waves that is sensed by an MMW sensor to set or otherwise calibrate the MMW camera to a baseline emissivity value corresponding to the panel. The MMW camera is linked to a microprocessor and non-transient computer memory containing a calibration routine that is configured to reset the baseline only when nothing obstructs the calibration panel's field-of-view. A visual display is linked to the MMW camera and configured to display an MMW signature of a metal object that is disposed on a person's body when the person's body is in the field-of-view, the metal object concealed by clothing worn over the person's body.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: Syght, Inc.Inventor: Charles Partee
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Patent number: 11951340Abstract: A system and method for extinguishing wildfires with the assistance of soundwaves at a distance is provided. The system generally comprises a camera, output device, waveguide, processor, power supply, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that instruct the processor to perform operations of the system. In one preferred embodiment, a database may be operably connected to the processor and store any data associated with a combustion reaction therein. In some preferred embodiments, the system may comprise a computing device having a user interface, which may present, to a user, data that may inform the user about a particular combustion reaction and/or allow the user to control the system remotely. The system and method are designed to safely stop wildfires without a resource that must be spent and subsequently replenished.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Inventor: John T Wade
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Patent number: 11935383Abstract: A method of notifying personnel in an operating room of a potential hazard comprising, at a computing system: capturing at least one image of the operating room by at least one camera that can detect light outside of a visible spectrum; determining that at least one potential hazard is in the operating room based on analysis of the at least one image; and in response to determining that the at least one potential hazard is in the operating room, generating at least one notification for notifying the personnel in the operating room that there is the at least one potential hazard in the operating room.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Stryker CorporationInventors: Sean Hastings, Richard A. Beutter, Andrew Schultz
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Patent number: 11887997Abstract: A substrate and a display panel using the substrate are disclosed. The substrate includes a base layer; a magnetic material layer on a side of the base layer; and a thin film transistor (TFT) array layer on a side of the magnetic material layer away from the base layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Century Technology (Shenzhen) Corporation LimitedInventors: Po-Liang Chen, Yung-Fu Lin
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Patent number: 11861883Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: an output control unit that controls display of information regarding an erroneous recognition target different from a predetermined recognition target, the erroneous recognition target being specified as having a possibility of erroneous recognition on the basis of a result of recognition processing on at least one piece of specifying data by a recognizer generated for recognizing the predetermined recognition target and a result of clustering processing on a target recognized by the recognition processing. The recognizer is generated by learning based on at least one piece of learning data. The at least one piece of learning data includes the predetermined recognition target and is data in substantially the same context. The specifying data is data in substantially the same context as the context of the at least one piece of learning data.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventor: Ryo Takahashi
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Patent number: 11816828Abstract: Described herein is a method of detecting anomalies on a surface of a structure. The method may comprise taking a thermal image of the surface of the structure. The method may further comprise taking a visual image of the surface of the structure. The method may then comprise conducting a thermal image numerical analysis on the thermal image. The thermal image numerical analysis may comprise obtaining a thermal image numerical value table. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise obtaining a surface nominal thermal value of the surface material. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise eliminating a first subset of pixels having a thermal value within a nominal thermal variation from the plurality of pixels. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise comparing the thermal value of each pixel of the plurality of pixels not in the first subset of pixels to the surface nominal thermal value to identify at least one anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Roof Asset Management USA, Ltd.Inventor: Joseph C Cobb
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Patent number: 11815472Abstract: To shorten a waiting time for a belongings inspection, the present invention provides an inspection system 10 including: an electromagnetic wave transmission/reception unit 11 that irradiates an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of equal to or more than 30 micrometers and equal to or less than one meter, and receives a reflection wave; a detection unit 12 that performs detection processing, based on a signal of the reflection wave; a decision unit 13 that decides a path in which an inspection target person advances, based on a result of the detection processing; and a guide unit 14 that performs processing of guiding the inspection target person to a decided path.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Naoya Nakayama, Masanori Sekido, Shinichi Morimoto, Masayuki Ariyoshi
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Patent number: 11805220Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are an image fusion method and a bifocal camera. The method includes: acquiring a thermal image captured by the thermal imaging lens and a visible light image captured by the visible light lens; determining a first focal length when the thermal imaging lens captures the thermal image and a second focal length when the visible light lens captures the visible light image; determining a size calibration parameter and a position calibration parameter of the thermal image according to the first focal length and the second focal length; adjusting a size of the thermal image according to the size calibration parameter, and moving the adjusted thermal image to the visible light image according to the position calibration parameter for registration with the visible light image, to obtain to-be-fused images; and fusing the to-be-fused images to generate a bifocal fused image.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AUTEL ROBOTICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhaozao Li
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Patent number: 11788955Abstract: The present application relates to an N×M terahertz detector array imaging system based on a multi-frequency antenna structure, wherein a single-frequency-point terahertz antenna used for receiving terahertz signals in a traditional detector is replaced with a multi-frequency-point terahertz antenna, thereby realizing that one detector supports the detection of multiple arbitrary different frequency points. The traditional detector needs to replace detectors with different frequency points for detection of different frequency points. The present application can design a multi-frequency-point terahertz antenna with arbitrary different frequency points according to actual needs, so that one detector can support the detection of multiple arbitrary different frequency points without the replacement of the terahertz detector, effectively reducing the cost of terahertz detection and imaging.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Guangdong University of TechnologyInventors: Jianguo Ma, Shaohua Zhou
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Patent number: 11765463Abstract: A multi-channel video recording method comprises: starting, by an electronic device, a camera; acquiring images by using a first camera lens and a second camera lens in a plurality of camera lenses; displaying a preview interface, where the preview interface includes a first image and a second image; the first image is an image acquired by the first camera lens, the second image is from the second camera lens, and the second image corresponds to a central area of an image acquired by the second camera lens; and the first image is located in a first area in the preview interface, and the second image is located in a second area in the preview interface; starting video recording after detecting a video recording instruction operation of a user; and displaying a shooting screen, where the shooting screen includes the first area and the second area.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuanyou Li, Wei Luo, Jieguang Huo
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Patent number: 11692434Abstract: A method for remotely testing wellhead integrity of a well is disclosed. The method includes connecting valves and associated gauges of the well remotely to a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, obtaining real time pressure and temperature readings through the SCADA system, detecting, using a thermal infrared camera installed at a wellhead tree and flow lines of the well, potential oil/gas leak, and determining, by the SCADA system and based at least on the real time pressure and temperature readings and a detection result of the thermal infrared camera, integrity of the valves.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Faisal M. Arji, Meshal A. Al-Amri
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Patent number: 11668620Abstract: A leak detecting device for a fluid filled vessel including a housing, a solid shaft, an anchoring attachment, and a resilient member. The housing has a continuous perimeter edge sized to extend around an underwater surface, forms a hollow interior, and includes a first aperture formed through a wall of the housing and a second aperture formed through the wall of the housing. The solid shaft extends through the first aperture of the housing and has a first end on an interior side of the housing and a second end on an exterior side of the housing. The anchoring attachment is secured to the first end of the solid shaft. The resilient member is secured to the perimeter edge of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Red Phino Leak Detection, IncInventor: Mark D. Marino
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Patent number: 11587220Abstract: Described herein is a method of detecting anomalies on a surface of a structure. The method may comprise taking a thermal image of the surface of the structure. The method may further comprise taking a visual image of the surface of the structure. The method may then comprise conducting a thermal image numerical analysis on the thermal image. The thermal image numerical analysis may comprise obtaining a thermal image numerical value table. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise obtaining a surface nominal thermal value of the surface material. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise eliminating a first subset of pixels having a thermal value within a nominal thermal variation from the plurality of pixels. The thermal image numerical analysis may then comprise comparing the thermal value of each pixel of the plurality of pixels not in the first subset of pixels to the surface nominal thermal value to identify at least one anomaly.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Roof Asset Management USA, Ltd.Inventor: Joseph C. Cobb
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Patent number: 11573172Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for detecting gas by: illuminating, with a controllable illuminator system, a scene with light including radiation within the infrared (IR) wavelength range; controlling the illuminator system to emit light at a first wavelength corresponding to a first absorption level of a gas and at a second wavelength corresponding to a second absorption level of a gas, such that an equal amount of radiant energy over a time period is emitted onto the scene for each of said first and second wavelengths; and capturing a first IR image of the scene being illuminated with light at said first wavelength and a second IR image of the scene illuminated with light at said second wavelength, and comparing said first and second IR images to determine whether a characteristic for at least one specific gas is represented in said first and/or second IR images.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: FLIR Systems ABInventors: Tomas Lannestedt, Ulf Wallgren, Jonas Sandsten
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Patent number: 11540696Abstract: Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 770 nm to about 790 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
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Patent number: 11530512Abstract: An infrared stealth cloth includes a cloth substrate and an infrared light absorber located on the cloth substrate. The infrared light absorber includes a first drawn carbon nanotube film, a second drawn carbon nanotube film, and a third drawn carbon nanotube film stacked on each other. The first drawn carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of first carbon nanotubes substantially extending along a first direction. The second drawn carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of second carbon nanotubes substantially extending along a second direction. The third drawn carbon nanotube film includes a plurality of third carbon nanotubes substantially extending along a third direction. The first direction and the second direction form an angle of about 42 degrees to about 48 degrees, and the first direction and the third direction form an angle of about 84 degrees to about 96 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuan-Hao Jin, Qun-Qing Li, Shou-Shan Fan
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Patent number: 11488367Abstract: A method for intervention in a radioactive zone includes production of a digital model representing the three-dimensional topography of the radioactive zone (1); and intervention of the at least one operator in the radioactive zone (1). The intervention step includes repeated measurement of the radioactive radiation intensity by a portable detector (3), and determination of the spatial coordinates of the portable detector (3) at the time of the measurement; recording of a plurality of said measurements and the corresponding spatial coordinates in the digital model; materialisation of the recorded measurements in an augmented reality device (5) worn by the at least one operator, by a plurality of discrete holographie symbols (7).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: FRAMATOMEInventors: Guillaume Pons, Franck Grember, Audrey Casteleira
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Patent number: 11477379Abstract: This invention relates to optical observation with a lack of light. The infrared night vision system comprises a visible light source, head control unit, visible to infrared range switching unit, a night vision camera, reflective screen and device for displaying graphic information on a reflective screen. The head control unit comprises controllers for system data processing and graphic information processing and is equipped with a remote control device of the infrared night vision system. The switching unit comprises a data processing controller, voltage switch of the visible light source, brightness controller and activation control signal type switch of the visible light source. It ensures the ability of remote activation of the system and application of the system in overland cargo, water and air transport.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: OBSHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTYU “IRVEI”Inventor: Maxim Yaroslavich Kuzmin
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Patent number: 11471055Abstract: Fluorescence imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise is disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
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Patent number: 11467098Abstract: A system for monitoring a petrochemical installation is disclosed. The system can include an optical imaging system comprising an array of optical detectors. The system can comprise processing electronics configured to process image data detected by the optical imaging system. The processing electronics can be configured to detect a target species based at least in part on the processed image data. The processing electronics can further be configured to, based on a detected amount of the target species, transmit an alarm notification to an external computing device over a communications network indicating that the target species has been detected at the petrochemical installation.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: REBELLION PHOTONICS, INC.Inventors: Robert Timothy Kester, Margarita Sergeyevna Odintsova
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Patent number: 11462940Abstract: Disclosed is a system for drone-based recharging of a VR/AR wearable assembly. A system is disclosed comprising a wireless charging device; a wearable assembly; a light field capture VR/AR device comprising a first charging surface and a second connective surface, the first charging surface configured to be positioned on the wireless charging device, the second connective surface configured to be communicatively coupled to the wearable assembly; and a drone device including a network interface, the drone device configured to: receive notifications from the light field capture VR/AR device, the notification indicating that the light field capture VR/AR device is fully charged, remove the light field capture VR/AR device from the charging device, and attach the light field capture VR/AR device to the wearable assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: OTOY, INC.Inventors: Julian Michael Urbach, Clayton C. Sparks, Charles Wallace
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Patent number: 11449981Abstract: A system for quantifying building envelope energy loss, including a camera assembly for acquiring a building image set of said building envelope reflecting actual energy loss from the building envelope, a comparison image generator for generating a comparison image set using the building image set, data relating to said building, and a predetermined energy loss standard, the comparison image set reflecting a standard energy loss profile of the building envelope that meets the predetermined energy loss standard, an image comparator for comparing the building image set to the comparison image set to determine at least one extent to which the actual energy loss exceeds to the energy loss profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: QEATECH INC.Inventors: Mansour Asrani, Peyvand Melati Rad, Omid Alaei
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Patent number: 11422120Abstract: Provided is a contamination detecting system including at least one moving device; a monitoring unit configured to detect whether a contamination situation is occurring; a control unit configured to dispatch the at least one moving device in an anticipated contaminated region in response to the occurrence of a contamination situation, configure a moving route of the moving device, and controlling a contamination detecting operation of the moving device; a map receiving unit configured to receive an anticipated contamination map for the anticipated contamination region from the moving device; and a map updating unit configured to receive a contamination detection result of the moving device in a region corresponding to the anticipated contamination map and updates the anticipated contamination map in correspondence thereto.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hyun Park, Ki Chong Kim, Byung Ki Kim, Tae Hyoung Kim
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Patent number: 11393096Abstract: A gas-detection image processing device includes a first processor, a second processor, a third processor, and a setter. The first processor generates a plurality of first images by applying processing to extract a gas candidate region to each of the plurality of infrared images captured in time series. The second processor generates a second image including a first appearance region based on two or more of the first images corresponding to the first predetermined period, and the first appearance region indicates that the gas candidate region has appeared in at least a part of the first predetermined period. The third processor generates a third image including a second appearance region based on two or more of the first images corresponding to a second predetermined period different from the first predetermined period, and the second appearance region indicates that the gas candidate region has appeared in at least a part of the second predetermined period.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.Inventor: Motohiro Asano
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Patent number: 11389066Abstract: Hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging with reduced fixed pattern noise are disclosed. A method includes actuating an emitter to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation and sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation resulting from the plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation with a pixel array of an image sensor to generate a plurality of exposure frames. The method includes applying edge enhancement to edges within an exposure frame of the plurality of exposure frames. The method is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of: electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 513 nm to about 545 nm, from about 565 nm to about 585 nm, from about 900 nm to about 1000 nm, an excitation wavelength of electromagnetic radiation that causes a reagent to fluoresce, or a laser mapping pattern.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
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Patent number: 11377028Abstract: A detection system for vehicles adapted to record objects within a scenery at least in problematic viewing conditions includes a camera system establishing an optical path from a light entrance aperture via a lens system to an image recording unit with the image recording unit being adapted to record visible and IR light one or more of reflected or emitted from the scenery comprising at least one object, an IR filter arranged within the optical path to block at least a first part of the IR light not being the at least one object related from reaching the image recording unit, and a conversion filter arranged within the optical path to convert at least a second part of the IR light being the at least one object related to visible light of an image enhancing wavelength range.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventor: Romeo Wieczorek
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Patent number: 11374040Abstract: Structures including multiple photodiodes and methods of fabricating a structure including multiple photodiodes. A substrate has a first trench extending to a first depth into the substrate and a second trench extending to a second depth into the substrate that is greater than the first depth. A first photodiode includes a first light-absorbing layer containing a first material positioned in the first trench. A second photodiode includes a second light-absorbing layer containing a second material positioned in the second trench. The first material and the second material each include germanium.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.Inventors: John J. Ellis-Monaghan, Steven M. Shank, Rajendran Krishnasamy, Ramsey Hazbun
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Patent number: 11346776Abstract: Terahertz wave detection equipment comprises: a terahertz wave transceiver including a transmitter for transmitting a terahertz wave and a receiver for receiving a reflected terahertz wave reflected by a background reflected object which exists behind an object to be analyzed; a display; and an information processing apparatus, wherein the transmitter irradiates a terahertz wave based on a transmission signal including a specific frequency toward a two-dimensional area including the object to be analyzed, and the information processing apparatus is configured to analyze concentration of the object to be analyzed based on the reflected terahertz wave and generate a composite image in which a concentration image of the object to be analyzed is combined with an image of the background reflected object.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.Inventors: Osamu Kawamae, Yukinobu Tanaka, Misako Kono, Nobuhiro Shiramizu, Masuo Oku, Manabu Katsuki, Megumi Kurachi
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Patent number: 11333488Abstract: A method for contactless and non-destructive determination of the layer thicknesses of lacquer layers of vehicle parts is disclosed. In addition, the invention relates to a device to determine and measure the lacquer layers of vehicle part, the device constructed for performing optical coherence tomography and includes at least one radiation source for providing electromagnetic radiation and the electromagnetic radiation provides a wavelength (?) of 100 nm-15·103 nm and in particular 380 nm to 800 nm.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Motherson Innovations Company LimitedInventors: Simon Maier, Bettina Posler, Johannes Riehs, Harald Wagner, Christian Florin
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Patent number: 11334195Abstract: According to the invention, the photosensitive module is disposed below the display unit and is located on or near the optical axis for imaging of physiological feature information of the user, so that compared with a structure having a camera separately disposed on the peripheral edge of a display, the apparatus of the invention can timely capture the physiological feature information (such as eye motion information) of the user, shorten the detection response time and improve user experience. In addition, the photosensitive module is disposed below the display unit, and the display unit with infrared pixels emits infrared light, so that compared with the structure having the camera separately disposed outside the display, the overall thickness of mobile devices can be effectively decreased, wearable devices or mobile devices are lighter and thinner, and the apparatus is more suitable for flexible wearable devices or mobile devices and can meet market requirements.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Jiandong Huang
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Patent number: 11332146Abstract: An image captured by a far-infrared camera is analyzed to analyze a distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a course of a highest road-surface temperature is determined to be a traveling route. Further, automatic driving along the course of the highest road-surface temperature is performed. Furthermore, a state of the distribution of a road-surface temperature, and a direction of the course of the highest road-surface temperature are displayed on a display section, so that a user (a driver) recognizes them. For example, a state analyzer detects a candidate course travelable for a vehicle, the state analyzer detecting a plurality of the candidate courses, calculates an average value of a road-surface temperature of each of the plurality of the candidate courses, and determines the candidate course having a largest average value of a road-surface temperature to be a traveling route.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Uemori, Atsushi Ito, Hideki Oyaizu, Suguru Aoki, Ryuta Satoh
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Patent number: 11310471Abstract: Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide a color digital camera with direct luminance detection. The luminance signals are obtained directly from a broadband image sensor channel without interpolation of RGB data. The chrominance signals are obtained from one or more additional image sensor channels comprising red and/or blue color band detection capability. The red and blue signals are directly combined with the luminance image sensor channel signals. The digital camera generates and outputs an image in YCrCb color space by directly combining outputs of the broadband, red and blue sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLCInventors: Richard Ian Olsen, James Gates, Darryl L. Sato
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Patent number: 11310485Abstract: A goggle system is provided. The goggle system includes a computing device, a goggle device configured to be worn by a user and including a detector configured to simultaneously acquire image data of a subject in a first image mode and a second image mode, at least one eye assembly configured to display at least one of an image in the first image mode, an image in the second image mode, and a hybrid image including pixels of image data from the first image mode and pixels of image data from the second image mode, and a communications module configured to transmit acquired image data from the goggle device to the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYInventors: Samuel Achilefu, Yang Liu, Viktor Gruev, Joseph P. Culver, Walter Akers, Adam Bauer
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Patent number: 11262245Abstract: A method for processing a raw image characterized by raw measurements Sp(i,j) that are associated with active bolometers Bpix_(i,j) of an imager, which bolometers are arranged in a matrix array, the imager being at an ambient temperature Tamb and furthermore comprising blind bolometers Bb_(k), the method, which is executed by a computer that is provided with a memory, comprising the following steps: a) a step of calculating the electrical resistances RTc(i,j) and RTc(k), at the temperature Tamb, of the active and blind bolometers, respectively, from their respective electrical resistances RTr(i,j) and RTr(k) at a reference temperature Tr, said resistances being stored in the memory; b) a step of determining the temperatures Tsc(i,j) actually measured by each of the active bolometers Bpix_(i,j) from the electrical resistances calculated in step a) and from the raw measurements Sp(i,j).Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SASInventor: Laurent Chiesi
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Patent number: 11253925Abstract: A high-pressure high-temperature, HPHT, diamond tool piece and a method of producing an HPHT diamond tool piece. At least a portion of the HPHT diamond tool piece comprises an aggregated nitrogen centre to C-nitrogen centre ratio of greater than 30%. The method includes irradiating an HPHT diamond material to introduce vacancies in the diamond crystal lattice, annealing the HPHT diamond material such that at least a portion of the HPHT diamond material comprises an aggregated nitrogen centre to C-nitrogen centre ratio of greater than 30%, and processing the HPHT diamond material to form an HPHT diamond tool piece.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Element Six (UK) LimitedInventors: Frank Schoofs, Jacqueline Hall, Richard Bodkin
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Patent number: 11258514Abstract: A method for aligning a first optical transceiver includes steps of splitting, directing, recording, and actuating. The splitting step includes splitting a light beam into a) a reference beam that propagates along a common optical path within the first optical transceiver and b) a transmit beam that that propagates away from the first optical transceiver and toward a second optical transceiver. The directing step includes directing, with a beam director, a receive beam from the second optical transceiver onto the common optical path. The recording step includes recording, with a tracking focal-plane array (FPA) that intersects the common optical path, a reference-position of the reference beam and an initial-received-position of the receive beam on the tracking FPA. The actuating step includes actuating the beam director based upon the initial-received-position to achieve a subsequent position of the receive beam on the tracking FPA.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: BLUE CUBED, LLCInventors: Jonathan C. Twichell, Ryan W. Kingsbury, Scott E. Palo
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Patent number: 11229417Abstract: A non-visible radiation imaging system is provided in which an image is obtained based on non-visible infrared radiation of a subject. The image can be enhanced to increase its resolution. Additionally, the image can be combined with another image based on visible light for the subject. The system also provides for a step by step procedure which must be following to obtain a non-visible radiation image accurately for medical diagnostics. Further, a non-visible radiation diagnostic examination system and method are provided that perform an automatic diagnostic information extraction based on examination of the subject using one or more of the images.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventor: Noreen F. Mian
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Patent number: 11222234Abstract: The present application discloses a method of training a convolutional neural network for defect inspection. The method includes collecting a training sample set including multiple solder joint images. A respective one of the multiple solder joint images includes at least one solder joint having one of different types of solder joint defects. The at least one solder joint is located substantially in a pre-defined region of interest (ROI) in a center of the image. The method further includes inputting the training sample set to a convolutional neural network to obtain target feature vectors respectively associated with the multiple solder joint images. Additionally, the method includes adjusting network parameters characterizing the convolutional neural network through a training loss function based on the target feature vectors and pre-labeled defect labels corresponding to different types of solder joint defects. The training loss function includes at least two different loss functions.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tingting Wang
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Patent number: 11213194Abstract: Optical fiber waveguide for communicating electromagnetic radiation pulsed by an emitter in an endoscopic imaging system. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an endoscope comprising an image sensor for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a waveguide communicating the pulses of electromagnetic radiation from the emitter to the endoscope. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises one or more of a hyperspectral emission, a fluorescence emission, and/or a laser mapping pattern.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventors: Joshua D. Talbert, Donald M. Wichern
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Patent number: 11218199Abstract: A design method for an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided terahertz secure communication system is provided. The IRS aided terahertz multi-input single-output (MISO) system includes a base station (BS) equipped with NBS antennas, an IRS equipped with NIRS reflecting elements, a single-antenna user and a single-antenna eavesdropper. The BS transmits signals by the active hybrid beamforming to the relay of the IRS, and the IRS adjusts the signals and reflects the signals to the mobile user, which suppresses the received signal of the eavesdropper. The present invention maximizes the downlink secrecy rate by establishing a joint optimization function and maximizes the system data transmission rate by a cross-entropy based search method.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINAInventors: Zhi Chen, Xinying Ma, Wenjie Chen
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Patent number: 11215839Abstract: A head up display arrangement is for a motor vehicle having a human occupant. A light source emits a light field. An infrared camera detects infrared energy. A combiner is positioned and configured to reflect the light field such that the light field can be viewed by the human occupant as a virtual image. The combiner has a region configured to reflect infra-red energy emitted by a face of the occupant such that the infrared energy is received by the infrared camera.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaInventors: David Kay Lambert, Walter Joseph Nill
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Patent number: 11195286Abstract: A device for image processing includes a memory configured to store multiple image frames of a sequence of image frames. The device includes a reference frame accumulator configured to combine a first group of image frames of the sequence of image frames to generate a reference frame. The device also includes a target frame accumulator configured to combine a second group of image frames of the sequence of image frames to generate a target frame. The device includes a difference frame generator configured to generate a difference frame based on subtracting the reference frame from the target frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Kevin R. Paxton, Maurice Masequesmay, Peter Bystrom
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Patent number: 11197065Abstract: Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user himself/herself to easily determine whether a gas leak has occurred. The gas detection device includes: a first imaging section configured to capture an image of an inspection region in an infrared region; a second imaging section configured to capture an image of the inspection region in a wavelength range that is not influenced by light absorption by gas; and a hardware processor configured to perform image processing for detecting a gas in a first image captured by a first imaging section, and to perform control to simultaneously display various types of images on a display section from a display target image group including the first image, a second image captured by a second imaging section, and a third image subjected to the image processing.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Saori Hirata
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Patent number: 11185235Abstract: An information processing device obtains measurement data for calculating biological information of a measurement subject from a sensor that performs measurement without contact. Based on content of the measurement data, the measurement data is classified into a group associated with at least a position of the measurement subject, the biological information is calculated from the classified measurement data, and the calculated biological information is compared with a reference value associated with a group to which the measurement data belongs. Then, a notification is made based on the comparing.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Watanabe, Tomohiko Kitamura, Yasuo Kohashi, Masaru Yamaoka, Toshiaki Tanaka, Kenji Masuda
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Patent number: 11175183Abstract: The present invention provides a spectral imaging device characterized in that N images are captured with ambient light, and spectra can be obtained from the captured N images for spectral analysis. In particular, a filter device is employed to divide a spectral range of the ambient light into N spectral bands, and each capture corresponds to one spectral band.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: National Taiwan UniversityInventors: Ching-Fuh Lin, Ta-Jung Lin
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Patent number: 11176354Abstract: Disclosed is a control method for an infrared light source assembly (10). The method is used for an electronic device (100), wherein the electronic device (100) comprises a camera (20). The infrared light source assembly (10) comprises at least two infrared light sources (12) having different illumination ranges. The control method comprises: (S32) controlling the camera (20) so that same collects a face image; (S34) processing the face image to acquire face position information; and (S36) starting, according to the face position information, an infrared light source (12) having an illumination range corresponding to that into which a face falls, and turning off other infrared light sources (12) or keeping some turned off. Further disclosed are an electronic device (100) and a computer-readable storage medium (800).Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Shangbo Lin
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Patent number: 11163098Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical filter having excellent visible light-cut characteristics and near-infrared rays transmission properties at a specific wavelength that are compatible with one another even in the case where the incident angle is increased, according to reduction in height of equipment on which an optical sensor device is provided. The optical filter of the present invention includes a base material (i) including a resin layer containing a compound (Z) having an absorption maximum in the wavelength region of 700 to 930 nm, and a dielectric multilayer film formed on at least one surface of the base material (i), and has specific optical properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuya Nagaya, Daisuke Shigeoka, Hiroyuki Kishida, Masako Horiuchi