G02B 26/123
Multibeam scanners
Official title: {Multibeam scanners, e.g. using multiple light sources or beam splitters}
G02B26/123 (Multibeam scanners) appears on 1,116 US grants and 981 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 1,116
- Published applications
- 981
- Assignees
- 209
- Inventors
- 1,203
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Laser scanning unit, image forming apparatus, and one and two-point supports for mirrors and lenses2 Jun 2026US 12,645,167 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus having multi-beam laser light emitting point pitch identification2 Jun 2026US 12,645,168 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kaleidoscopic geometric vision platform1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299284 A1Summer Robotics, Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267256 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208498 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084438 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- High density lidar systems26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086201 A1Seyond, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus1,019US 7,598,972 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2009
- Method and apparatus for recording stereoscopic images and lenticular recording material used therefor179US 5,697,006 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Methods and apparatus for image projection157US 5,920,361 ANitor · 1999
- Plural beam, plural window multi-direction bar code reading device121US 5,206,491 AFujitsu Limited · 1993
- Low profile lidar scanner with polygon mirror119US 10,571,567 B2Luminar Technologies, Inc. · 2020