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Samuel A Barts

Examiner (ID: 11176)

Most Active Art Unit
1621
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1614, 1621, 1204, 0
Total Applications
1499
Issued Applications
1201
Pending Applications
112
Abandoned Applications
177

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Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/070325
Focus detection apparatus and method which performs highly accurate AF control independent of the brightness of the subject Oct 13, 2020 Issued
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17/068323
Image sensing device having a mirroring circuit suitable for compensating an operating current Oct 11, 2020 Issued
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17/066264
Systems and methods of power-management on smart devices Oct 7, 2020 Issued
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17/030113
Systems and methods region-of-interest automatic gain or exposure control Sep 22, 2020 Issued
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17/025633
Impact absorber Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/021139
Stacked polarizer hyperspectral imaging Sep 14, 2020 Issued
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17/018161
Systems and methods for generating an exposure information signal Sep 10, 2020 Issued
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17/015923
Vibration apparatus Sep 8, 2020 Issued
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17/015591
Image processing device, image processing method, and storage medium for correcting brightness Sep 8, 2020 Issued
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17/002148
Image processing program, and image processing system causing a server to control synthesis of a real space image and a virtual object image Aug 24, 2020 Issued
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17/001053
Image sensor having improved efficiency by reducing noise and time taken for capturing image Aug 23, 2020 Issued
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17/000822
Method and apparatus for partial correction of images Aug 23, 2020 Issued
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16/988159
Exposure setting apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium Aug 6, 2020 Issued
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16/985582
Imaging device having polarizer part, user equipment including the same, and method and storage medium for acquiring ambient light using the same Aug 4, 2020 Issued
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16/934804
Dual camera module and optical device Jul 20, 2020 Issued
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16/926171
Three-dimensional distance measuring method and device Jul 9, 2020 Issued
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16/911464
Imaging apparatus capable of displaying a focusing graph to assist user during focusing operation Jun 24, 2020 Issued
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16/906986
Apparatus and method for controlling apparatus including an inclination mechanism for tilting an image sensor Jun 18, 2020 Issued
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16/897339
Methods and apparatus for true high dynamic range imaging Jun 9, 2020 Issued
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17/603952
METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING ILLUMINATION LEVEL OF TARGET SCENE AND SMART ILLUMINATION CONTROL SYSTEM Jun 7, 2020 Pending
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