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Michael J Lau

Examiner (ID: 14363)

Most Active Art Unit
3792
Art Unit(s)
3792, 3796
Total Applications
282
Issued Applications
148
Pending Applications
74
Abandoned Applications
60

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/149318
Image pickup apparatus, control method, and computer program storage medium Jan 13, 2021 Issued
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17/140404
CMOS image sensor with image black level compensation and method Jan 3, 2021 Issued
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17/127745
Image-capturing apparatus Dec 17, 2020 Issued
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17/119330
Image sensor Dec 10, 2020 Issued
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17/782822
METHODS OF SENSOR MODE SWITCHING IN EVENT BASED SENSOR AND IMAGING CAMERA FOR LOW POWER APPLICATION Dec 6, 2020 Pending
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17/101628
Analog voting with outlier suppression Nov 22, 2020 Issued
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17/769157
SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND DETECTION SENSOR Nov 17, 2020 Pending
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17/086880
Solid-state imaging device and imaging system Nov 1, 2020 Issued
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17/074694
Image capturing device and appearance inspecting device including the same Oct 19, 2020 Issued
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17/065581
Image sensor arranged in SPI slave circuit of a serial peripheral interface and pixel array circuit therein Oct 7, 2020 Issued
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17/061205
Systems and methods for direct measurement of photon arrival rate Sep 30, 2020 Issued
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17/025180
Control circuit and camera iris driving device Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/025034
Image capturing apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium Sep 17, 2020 Issued
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17/910685
Lens Assembly Sep 17, 2020 Pending
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17/018265
Image sensors and driving methods thereof Sep 10, 2020 Issued
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17/011535
Contrast-based autofocus Sep 2, 2020 Issued
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17/004305
Imaging device and signal processing device Aug 26, 2020 Issued
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16/986117
Solid-state imaging device, imaging system and movable object Aug 4, 2020 Issued
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16/944704
Observation Device and Method of Operating an Observation Device Jul 30, 2020 Pending
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16/930972
Solid state image sensor, image capturing apparatus, and image capturing method Jul 15, 2020 Issued
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