G03B 11/04
Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders or focusing
Official title: Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders or focusing aids
G03B11/04 (Hoods or caps for eliminating unwanted light from lenses, viewfinders or focusing) appears on 856 US grants and 961 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 856
- Published applications
- 961
- Assignees
- 393
- Inventors
- 1,720
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image capturing device and panoramic image creation method22 Sep 2026US 12,743,015 B2Pfu Limited
- Shielding structure and electronic device having the same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,854 B2Tymphany Hk Limited
- Lens hood8 Sep 2026US 12,730,358 B2Somar Corporation
- Integrated architecture for rotational actuation optical image stabilization11 Aug 2026US 12,707,148 B1Apple Inc.
- Imaging apparatus using common regions between images for luminance compensation14 Jul 2026US 12,684,246 B2Denso Corporation
- Imaging device and home appliance having the same (as amended)1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299379 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Systems and methods for privacy-preserving mobile cameras24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287977 A1Corephotonics Ltd.
- Mobile phone filter holder and filter assembly10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267208 A1Shenzhen Anymore Technology Limited
- Optical device having occulter arm moveable to occlude the field of view and associated methods3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259388 A1Eagle Technology, LLC
- Camera module27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251881 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera with movable first lens cover which supports movable second lens cover which opens during movement of first lens cover113US 5,740,480 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998
- Container99US 5,439,128 A1995
- Camera adaption for self photography77US 5,537,175 ASony Corporation · 1996
- Optical lens barrel and image pickup apparatus75US 7,768,727 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2010
- Integrated camera window63US 8,684,613 B2Apple Inc. · 2014