G02B 27/1013
For colour or multispectral image sensors
Official title: {for colour or multispectral image sensors, e.g. splitting an image into monochromatic image components on respective sensors (spectral imaging systems G01J)}
G02B27/1013 (For colour or multispectral image sensors) appears on 490 US grants and 508 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 490
- Published applications
- 508
- Assignees
- 284
- Inventors
- 926
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 40 | 34 |
| 2025 | 32 | 38 |
| 2026 | 15 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image sensor including color separating lens array and electronic apparatus including the image sensor15 Sep 2026US 12,736,826 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Image sensor including color separating lens array and electronic apparatus including the image sensor1 Sep 2026US 12,724,282 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Digital remote optical device, method of operating a digital remote optical device and camera system25 Aug 2026US 12,720,174 B2Carl Zeiss AG
- Spectrometer module18 Aug 2026US 12,710,312 B2Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Light detection element and electronic apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,710,630 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Cultivating methods and apparatuses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305597 A1
- Portable and low-cost microscopic imaging device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259399 A1Vital Biosciences Inc.
- Laser spot cancellation13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238863 A1Motional AD LLC
- Image sensor, electronic apparatus including the same, and method of performing autofocus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0164127 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Image Acquisition Assembly and Holding Device for a Prism and at Least Two Image Sensors23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113526 A1KARL STORZ GmbH&Co.KG
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- RGBZ (red, green, blue, z-depth) filter system usable with sensor systems, including sensor systems with synthetic mirror enhanced three-dimensional imaging446US 7,375,803 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2008
- Use of a lenslet array with a vertically stacked pixel array247US 6,958,862 B1Foveon, Inc. · 2005
- Operating microscope providing an image of an obscured object123US 4,786,155 A1988
- Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells115US 6,473,176 B2Amnis Corporation · 2002
- Imaging and analyzing parameters of small moving objects such as cells in broad flat flow102US 6,671,044 B2Amnis Corporation · 2003