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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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18/547949
Event detection device Jan 16, 2022 Issued
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18/549277
Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method for controlling solid-state imaging element Jan 12, 2022 Issued
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17/573297
Image sensor and method of operating the same with resetting of a dummy reset array and reading of a dummy read array Jan 10, 2022 Issued
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18/260329
ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Jan 4, 2022 Abandoned
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18/260706
Imaging device and electronic apparatus Jan 4, 2022 Issued
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18/260251
SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Jan 3, 2022 Pending
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17/567348
Amplifier circuit for enabling power efficient and faster pixel settling in image sensors Jan 2, 2022 Issued
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18/269049
APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE AND DETERMINING AN AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITY Dec 16, 2021 Abandoned
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17/553732
CAMERA DEVICE Dec 15, 2021 Abandoned
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18/259334
Imaging device and distance measurement system Dec 5, 2021 Issued
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18/713163
Monolithic Image Sensor, a Camera Module, an Electronic Device and a Method for Operating a Camera Module Nov 24, 2021 Pending
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17/453098
MULTI-CAMERA VIRTUAL STUDIO PRODUCTION PROCESS Oct 31, 2021 Abandoned
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17/509775
Hybrid compression for sparse binary images Oct 24, 2021 Issued
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17/508049
Semiconductor device having first signal generation units that output a first digital signal in response to an output of a corresponding pixel and second signal generation units that output a second digital signal having a predetermined digital value Oct 21, 2021 Issued
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17/506681
Image conversion device for digital image signals Oct 20, 2021 Issued
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18/031047
Imaging sensor and imaging device with wirings between portions of signal lines Oct 13, 2021 Issued
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17/500468
Image sensor including two boosting drivers Oct 12, 2021 Issued
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17/498529
Column-parallel ADC architectures for high-speed CMOS image sensors Oct 10, 2021 Issued
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18/271518
Solid-state imaging device by compressive sensing technique Oct 10, 2021 Issued
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18/248246
Multi-spectral optical sensor and system Oct 5, 2021 Issued
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