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Kent L. Bell

Examiner (ID: 7431, Phone: (571)272-0973 , Office: P/1661 )

Most Active Art Unit
1661
Art Unit(s)
1661, 1649, 1803
Total Applications
5429
Issued Applications
5257
Pending Applications
34
Abandoned Applications
157

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/817915
Imaging apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium Aug 4, 2022 Issued
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17/872733
Electronic apparatus, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium Jul 24, 2022 Issued
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18/578018
Photographic image processing method and device Jul 17, 2022 Issued
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17/860653
Electronic device and method for controlling screen thereof Jul 7, 2022 Issued
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17/852696
Image pickup signal processing apparatus, image pickup signal processing method, and storage medium Jun 28, 2022 Issued
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17/809712
Image processing for aperture size transition in a variable aperture (VA) camera Jun 28, 2022 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17919387 [patent_doc_number] => 20220321783 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-10-06 [patent_title] => INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS ARITHMETIC PROCESSING OF NEURAL NETWORK, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 17/848656 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2022-06-24 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9405 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -1 [patent_words_short_claim] => 81 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 17848656 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
17/848656
Information processing apparatus that performs arithmetic processing of neural network, and image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium Jun 23, 2022 Issued
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17/838348
Terminal apparatus having power-saving mode, method of controlling same, and storage medium Jun 12, 2022 Issued
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17/837399
Apparatus and method for controlling image sensor, storage medium, and movable object Jun 9, 2022 Issued
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17/831486
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE Jun 2, 2022 Abandoned
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17/829568
System, camera device, and method for displaying collected sensor data together with images May 31, 2022 Issued
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18/257249
Video shooting method and electronic device May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/825679
Visual feature based video effects May 25, 2022 Issued
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17/824773
SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CAPTURING A FLASH IMAGE BASED ON AMBIENT AND FLASH METERING May 24, 2022 Abandoned
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18/265078
PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE May 24, 2022 Pending
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18/562335
Camera and electronic device implementing image stabilization using image sensor displacement May 12, 2022 Issued
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18/245280
Parameter adjustment method, display control method, electronic device, and medium May 12, 2022 Issued
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17/742614
Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium May 11, 2022 Issued
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17/740880
CONTROLLING CAMERA SENSOR OPERATING TEMPERATURES IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE May 9, 2022 Pending
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17/662305
Optical aberration control for camera May 5, 2022 Issued
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