G03B 13/02
Viewfinders
G03B13/02 (Viewfinders) appears on 1,138 US grants and 650 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 1,138
- Published applications
- 650
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 1,278
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 20 | 37 |
| 2024 | 20 | 16 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Finder device22 Sep 2026US 12,743,002 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Finder and imaging apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,743,003 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Electronic module, display device, photoelectric conversion device, electronic apparatus, illumination device, moving body, and wearable device22 Sep 2026US 12,745,541 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical lens and display device4 Aug 2026US 12,699,219 B2Coretronic Corporation
- Lens driving device, camera module, and optical instrument7 Jul 2026US 12,674,954 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device, camera module, and optical instrument1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299250 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Connection unit, accessory, and electronic device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277078 A1Nikon Corporation
- Scope mount17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277079 A1Magview, LLC
- Eyepiece optical system, optical apparatus, and observation method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227622 A1Nikon Corporation
- Imaging apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186377 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Real-time preview for panoramic images343US 7,424,218 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2008
- Compact electronic viewfinder258US 7,206,134 B2Displaytech, Inc. · 2007
- Disposable camera144US 5,576,781 A1996
- Camera having an electronic viewfinder for displaying an object image under different photographic conditions128US 5,557,358 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Apparatus for setting imaging functions based on a detected viewpoint110US 6,181,377 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001