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Stephen C. Smith

Examiner (ID: 7850, Phone: (313)446-4914 , Office: P/2896 )

Most Active Art Unit
2896
Art Unit(s)
2896, 2895
Total Applications
248
Issued Applications
202
Pending Applications
0
Abandoned Applications
46

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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17/378992
Heatsinks for an image capture device Jul 18, 2021 Issued
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17/374499
IMAGING DEVICE Jul 12, 2021 Pending
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17/373924
IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM Jul 12, 2021 Abandoned
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17/373146
IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA Jul 11, 2021 Abandoned
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17/362380
Imaging systems for generating HDR images and operating methods thereof Jun 28, 2021 Issued
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18/554749
LIQUID CRYSTAL TUNABLE POLARIZATION FILTERS FOR COLOR IMAGERS Jun 21, 2021 Pending
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17/999682
System, method, device and data structure for digital pixel sensors May 23, 2021 Issued
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17/324972
IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS May 18, 2021 Abandoned
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17/320700
Sigma Delta quantization for images May 13, 2021 Issued
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18/014626
Image sensor package and camera device comprising same May 5, 2021 Issued
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17/195869
Photoelectric conversion device and image forming apparatus Mar 8, 2021 Issued
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17/798250
Imaging circuit and imaging device Feb 16, 2021 Issued
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17/176631
Image pickup apparatus having image sensor equipped with polarizing element and control method therefor Feb 15, 2021 Issued
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17/170831
Image sensor chip and sensing method thereof Feb 7, 2021 Issued
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17/168224
Image data processing for digital overlap wide dynamic range sensors Feb 4, 2021 Issued
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17/248515
IMAGE SENSORS HAVING READOUT CIRCUITRY WITH A SWITCHED CAPACITOR LOW-PASS FILTER Jan 27, 2021 Abandoned
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17/158917
Image processing based on object categorization Jan 25, 2021 Issued
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17/141392
IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Jan 4, 2021 Abandoned
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17/140058
Image-capturing apparatus and control method thereof Jan 1, 2021 Issued
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17/798275
Shutter speed determination device and imaging device Dec 24, 2020 Issued
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