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Nicholas G. Giles

Examiner (ID: 2037, Phone: (571)272-2824 , Office: P/2662 )

Most Active Art Unit
2662
Art Unit(s)
2639, 2612, 2622, 2699, 2662, 2697, 2638
Total Applications
1239
Issued Applications
993
Pending Applications
63
Abandoned Applications
206

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/908339
Mobile device including laser-pumped phosphor light source Jun 21, 2020 Issued
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16/907776
Comparator and image sensor including the same Jun 21, 2020 Issued
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16/903471
Data transmission system having multiple line buffer memories for image sensor Jun 16, 2020 Issued
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16/897756
Image pickup apparatus with a flexible printed circuit board with a bent portion Jun 9, 2020 Issued
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17/637026
Imaging device, processing device, data transmission system, and data transmission method for transmission of image data Jun 4, 2020 Issued
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16/880100
Information processing apparatus with a light that illuminates more actively while capturing a printed image when embedded additional information is to be processed, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium May 20, 2020 Issued
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16/879260
Image processing apparatus, image capture apparatus, and control method for adding an effect of a virtual light source to a subject May 19, 2020 Issued
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15/929733
IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING FLOATING GATE READOUT VIA DISTRIBUTED PIXEL INTERCONNECTS FOR ANALOG DOMAIN REGIONAL FEATURE EXTRACTION May 18, 2020 Abandoned
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16/860220
IMAGE SENSORS HAVING BOOST CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR COLUMN SETTLING SPEEDUP Apr 27, 2020 Abandoned
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16/859882
Dynamic region of interest and frame rate for event based sensor and imaging camera Apr 26, 2020 Issued
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16/859963
Electronic device and method for generating thumbnails based on captured images Apr 26, 2020 Issued
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16/848329
Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus Apr 13, 2020 Issued
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16/846032
Image capturing apparatus including imaging units with corresponding illumination units arranged in a circumferential manner Apr 9, 2020 Issued
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16/842179
Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium for controlling exposure Apr 6, 2020 Issued
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16/838652
DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Apr 1, 2020 Abandoned
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16/835651
User interfaces for capturing and managing visual media Mar 30, 2020 Issued
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17/442911
Imaging element and imaging device with comparison units for comparing photoelectric signals with a reference signal Mar 26, 2020 Issued
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16/831703
Movable support device, image shake correction device, and imaging device Mar 25, 2020 Issued
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16/824992
Lens moving apparatus with a bobbin comprising a groove and elastic members and camera module including the same Mar 19, 2020 Issued
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16/824189
Global shutter in pixel frame memory Mar 18, 2020 Issued
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