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Gary E Elkins

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Most Active Art Unit
2401
Art Unit(s)
2401, 3207, 3727, 3782
Total Applications
4105
Issued Applications
3282
Pending Applications
106
Abandoned Applications
716

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/870866
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and computer-readable medium Jul 21, 2022 Issued
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17/863990
Human look-alike electronic filing cabinet and a system thereof Jul 12, 2022 Issued
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17/810988
Laser speckle force feedback estimation Jul 5, 2022 Issued
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17/846770
Devices and methods for single or multi-user gesture detection using computer vision Jun 21, 2022 Issued
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17/835194
Dynamic imaging quality control device, storage medium for dynamic imaging quality control program, and dynamic imaging quality control method Jun 7, 2022 Issued
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17/804743
Object detection based zonal OCR in an AR context May 30, 2022 Issued
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17/664213
Calibration methods and systems for medical imaging May 18, 2022 Issued
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17/661911
Information redirection system to and from the internet, mobile devices and networks May 2, 2022 Issued
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17/732056
Gaze point estimation processing apparatus, gaze point estimation model generation apparatus, gaze point estimation processing system, and gaze point estimation processing method Apr 27, 2022 Issued
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17/660922
Medical data processing device performing processing using a complex-number neural network Apr 26, 2022 Issued
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17/659983
Optimal sequential decision making with changing action space Apr 19, 2022 Issued
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17/717354
Camera calibration Apr 10, 2022 Issued
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17/658476
Ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that generate a rendering image of three-dimensional data using a value of color attenuation Apr 7, 2022 Issued
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17/712511
Communication apparatus having different bandwidth modes depending on whether communication uses an external base station, computer readable storage medium, and control method of communication apparatus Apr 3, 2022 Issued
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17/703139
Brightness and color correction of image data of a line camera Mar 23, 2022 Issued
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17/684050
Calibration device, calibration method, drive recorder, vehicle, and storage medium Feb 28, 2022 Issued
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18/279727
Configuring an Immersive Experience Feb 28, 2022 Pending
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18/553077
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Feb 20, 2022 Pending
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17/651895
Systems and methods for evaluating image quality Feb 20, 2022 Issued
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17/674472
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, learning method, and storage medium Feb 16, 2022 Issued
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