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Andrew W. Johns

Examiner (ID: 12449, Phone: (571)272-7391 , Office: P/2665 )

Most Active Art Unit
2665
Art Unit(s)
2899, 2721, 2665, 2662, 2606, 2621, 2624, 2616, 2714
Total Applications
2450
Issued Applications
2078
Pending Applications
134
Abandoned Applications
240

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/999566
Object recognition system and method using ultrasonic sensor Aug 20, 2020 Issued
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16/998688
System and method of imaging evidence at a scene Aug 19, 2020 Issued
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16/992088
Apparatus and method for estimating camera orientation relative to ground surface Aug 11, 2020 Issued
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16/990917
Control of a computer via distortions of facial geometry Aug 10, 2020 Issued
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16/986878
Semi-automated system for real-time wound image segmentation and photogrammetry on a mobile platform Aug 5, 2020 Issued
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16/985109
Learning-based ground position estimation Aug 3, 2020 Issued
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16/945978
Systems and methods for identifying a body motion Aug 2, 2020 Issued
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16/943078
System and method for fixed camera and unmanned mobile device collaboration to improve identification certainty of an object Jul 29, 2020 Issued
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16/943937
Methods for quantifying and enhancing accuracy in microscopy using measures of localization confidence Jul 29, 2020 Issued
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16/940148
Method and apparatus for determining pose of image capturing device, and storage medium Jul 26, 2020 Issued
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16/935645
Pose estimation with limited correspondences Jul 21, 2020 Issued
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16/930630
Vehicle operation Jul 15, 2020 Issued
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16/928936
Methods for mobile image capture of vehicle identification numbers in a non-document Jul 13, 2020 Issued
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16/922962
Systems and methods for deriving an agent trajectory based on tracking points within images Jul 6, 2020 Issued
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16/919059
Relocalization method and apparatus in camera pose tracking process, device, and storage medium Jun 30, 2020 Issued
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16/917864
Composite field based single shot prediction Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/917370
Occluded item detection for vision-based self-checkouts Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/916488
System and method for vehicle taillight state recognition Jun 29, 2020 Issued
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16/915151
APPARATUS FOR VESSEL CHARACTERIZATION Jun 28, 2020 Abandoned
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16/913144
Position and pose determining method, apparatus, smart device, and storage medium Jun 25, 2020 Issued
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