G02B 26/128
Focus control
Official title: {Focus control}
G02B26/128 (Focus control) appears on 58 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 58
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 2 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Laser device and method of aligning laser device2 Dec 2025US 12,487,449 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Focused light beam alignment apparatus for aligning fixture relative to a vehicle28 Feb 2023US 11,591,033 B2Snap-on Incorporated
- Lens apparatus and imaging system including the same22 Feb 2022US 11,256,071 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electromagnetic radiation beam scanning system and method9 Feb 2021US 10,914,941 B2Avava, Inc.
- Electromagnetic radiation beam scanning system and method9 Feb 2021US 10,914,942 B2Avava, Inc.
- Methods, apparatuses, and systems for configuring a flame zone detecting apparatus25 Jul 2024US 2024/0248299 A1Honeywell Analytics Limited
- System and method using surface scanning pattern/protocol based on modified electrical waves to produce a wide and dynamic time interval between scans14 Mar 2024US 2024/0085691 A1Izmir Biyotip Ve Genom Merkezi
- Laser device and method of aligning laser device12 Oct 2023US 2023/0324679 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Focused Light Beam Alignment Apparatus for Aligning Fixture Relative to a Vehicle27 Aug 2020US 2020/0269939 A1Snap-on Incorporated
- Electromagnetic radiation beam scanning system and method6 Aug 2020US 2020/0249471 A1Avava, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Optical scanning device, line-image forming optical system therein, imaging adjustment method in the device and image forming apparatus84US 6,509,995 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2003
- Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus53US 6,417,509 B1Ricoh Technology Research, Inc. · 2002
- Electronic spot light control52US 6,426,840 B13D Systems, Inc. · 2002
- Optical scanning device having a temperature compensation unit49US 6,785,028 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2004
- Light beam scanner with focus-varying mechanism36US 4,733,064 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1988