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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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18/112310
IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Feb 20, 2023 Pending
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18/103831
Apparatus and method of controlling camera with auto-zooming Jan 30, 2023 Issued
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18/835899
SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Jan 29, 2023 Pending
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18/160013
Rear-view mirror system Jan 25, 2023 Issued
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18/158554
Photoelectric conversion device and method of driving photoelectric conversion device Jan 23, 2023 Issued
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18/152763
Optical unit with shake correction function Jan 10, 2023 Issued
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18/150619
Comparison circuit, and analog-to-digital converter and image sensor including the same Jan 4, 2023 Issued
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18/093229
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for power management of a video doorbell Jan 3, 2023 Issued
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18/718813
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Dec 20, 2022 Pending
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18/068062
System and method for establishing a dynamic privacy zone for an object Dec 18, 2022 Issued
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18/081879
Positional lens locking Dec 14, 2022 Issued
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18/063195
Image sensor having pupil-division fuction configured to output phase-difference signals in horizontal and vertical directions from different pixel groups and image capturing apparatus Dec 7, 2022 Issued
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17/985610
Electronic device for generating image and method thereof Nov 10, 2022 Issued
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18/708233
IMAGING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY Nov 8, 2022 Pending
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17/982870
Dual camera module structure with adjustable angle of view Nov 7, 2022 Issued
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17/982641
Information processing apparatus that illuminates a printed image during capture when embedded information is to be processed, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium Nov 7, 2022 Issued
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18/053299
Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Nov 6, 2022 Issued
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18/707210
IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Nov 1, 2022 Pending
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18/699436
Solid-state imaging device, method for driving the same, and electronic device for simultaneously reading signal levels of different capacitive elements Oct 30, 2022 Issued
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17/976648
Privacy-preserving image sensor Oct 27, 2022 Issued
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