G02B 13/06
Panoramic objectives
Official title: Panoramic objectives; So-called "sky lenses" {including panoramic objectives having reflecting surfaces}
G02B13/06 (Panoramic objectives) appears on 1,633 US grants and 1,764 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,633
- Published applications
- 1,764
- Assignees
- 587
- Inventors
- 2,238
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 23 | 14 |
| 2004 | 11 | 30 |
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| 2022 | 98 | 152 |
| 2023 | 106 | 73 |
| 2024 | 119 | 65 |
| 2025 | 98 | 89 |
| 2026 | 43 | 56 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Panoramic unmanned aerial vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,941 B2Antigravity (Sz) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Wide-angle lens assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,754,401 B2Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Optical arrangement for a mobile device with a curved detector surface15 Sep 2026US 12,736,786 B2Carl Zeiss AG
- Surround-view imaging systems1 Sep 2026US 12,724,155 B2Jabil Optics Germany GmbH
- Optical photographing lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device1 Sep 2026US 12,724,235 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Variable magnification optical system, optical apparatus, and method for producing variable magnification optical system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276960 A1Nikon Corporation
- Front camera arrangement for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264624 A1Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Wide-angle lens assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244002 A1Asia Optical Co., Inc.
- Wide-angle lens assembly20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244003 A1Asia Optical Co., Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicular vision system with a wide angle lens including a diffractive element879US 6,201,642 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2001
- Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability688US 9,547,174 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Wide-field of view (FOV) imaging devices with active foveation capability563US 9,851,563 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Omnidirectional imaging apparatus436US 5,760,826 AThe Trustees of Columbia University · 1998
- Immersive imaging method and apparatus411US 6,141,034 AImmersive Media Company · 2000