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Thomas B. Will

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 17082, Phone: (571)272-6998 , Office: P/3671 )

Most Active Art Unit
2406
Art Unit(s)
2859, 2856, 2855, 2406, 3108, 3671, 3616
Total Applications
1203
Issued Applications
972
Pending Applications
68
Abandoned Applications
163

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/928073
Detection apparatus for detecting portion satisfying predetermined condition from image, image processing apparatus for applying predetermined image processing on image, detection method, and image processing method Jul 13, 2020 Issued
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17/647691
MACHINE LEARNING BASED PHONE IMAGING SYSTEM AND ANALYSIS METHOD Jul 9, 2020 Abandoned
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16/925624
Method for adaptive functional reconfiguration of operating elements of an image acquisition system and corresponding image acquisition system Jul 9, 2020 Issued
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16/924380
Image capturing apparatus having high operability Jul 8, 2020 Issued
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16/918572
Foldable Display Viewfinder User Interface Jun 30, 2020 Abandoned
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16/905052
Electronic apparatus, method for controlling electronic apparatus, and control program Jun 17, 2020 Issued
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17/628871
Automatic generation of all-in-focus images with a mobile camera Jun 11, 2020 Issued
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16/888274
Translation compensation in optical image stabilization (OIS) May 28, 2020 Issued
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17/918909
Image sensor and imaging device May 20, 2020 Issued
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17/909726
EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENT DURING VIEW CHANGING May 19, 2020 Abandoned
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16/876663
Generating light painting images from a sequence of short exposure images May 17, 2020 Issued
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16/875403
Electronic device having camera module capable of switching line of sight and method for recording video May 14, 2020 Issued
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16/872671
Techniques to selectively capture visual media using a single interface element May 11, 2020 Issued
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16/867109
Camera module and electronic device including the same May 4, 2020 Issued
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16/860752
Power characteristic measurement device, image system including power characteristic measurement device and operating method of image system Apr 27, 2020 Issued
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16/860743
Optical system Apr 27, 2020 Issued
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16/855323
Capacitive switch for controlling a camera module for an information handling system Apr 21, 2020 Issued
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16/850990
Image save orientation determined based on orientation of object within image Apr 15, 2020 Issued
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16/850418
Dynamic adjustment of image capture device upload rate Apr 15, 2020 Issued
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16/845956
Image sensing device, method and device, electronic apparatus and medium Apr 9, 2020 Issued
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