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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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16/386787
Image processing apparatus, information display apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium for improving image visibility Apr 16, 2019 Issued
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16/383441
Image sensor, signal processing device, signal processing method, and electronic device Apr 11, 2019 Issued
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16/376512
Apparatus and method for processing image to reconstruct image Apr 4, 2019 Issued
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16/371532
Image sensor with dynamic charge-domain sampling Mar 31, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 14633951 [patent_doc_number] => 20190230348 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-07-25 [patent_title] => Systems and Methods for Dynamic Calibration of Array Cameras [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/371347 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-04-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 9648 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -18 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16371347 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/371347
Systems and methods for dynamic calibration of array cameras Mar 31, 2019 Issued
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16/369486
LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS FOR SHOOTING WITH FLASH, CHARGING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Mar 28, 2019 Abandoned
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16/353051
Image processing apparatus, image capturing system, image processing method, and recording medium Mar 13, 2019 Issued
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17/054843
Solid-state image sensor, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state image sensor Mar 13, 2019 Issued
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16/298793
Color filter array pattern conversion Mar 10, 2019 Issued
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16/295441
Lens moving apparatus, camera module and mobile device including the same Mar 6, 2019 Issued
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16/278857
Imaging device, imaging method, and image processing device generating a complex sensor image Feb 18, 2019 Issued
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17/058779
Imaging apparatus and imaging control method Feb 18, 2019 Issued
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16/274144
Augmented reality display of local information Feb 11, 2019 Issued
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16/268010
Image pickup apparatus Feb 4, 2019 Issued
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16/259287
WEARABLE CAMERA, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR USING WEARABLE CAMERA Jan 27, 2019 Abandoned
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16/257158
Imaging apparatus and control method thereof Jan 24, 2019 Issued
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17/042087
Solid-state imaging element and imaging device Jan 9, 2019 Issued
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16/240977
Image blur correction apparatus, interchangeable lens, camera body, image blur correction method, and storage medium Jan 6, 2019 Issued
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16/240979
Image blur correction apparatus, camera body, image blur correction method, and storage medium Jan 6, 2019 Issued
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16/237753
Camera chassis for a panoramic camera with isotheramal mounting base Jan 1, 2019 Issued
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