G03B 13/20
Rangefinders coupled with focusing arrangements
Official title: Rangefinders coupled with focusing arrangements, e.g. adjustment of rangefinder automatically focusing camera
G03B13/20 (Rangefinders coupled with focusing arrangements) appears on 203 US grants and 198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 203
- Published applications
- 198
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 368
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 7 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Autofocus method and associated optical imaging system15 Sep 2026US 12,736,855 B2Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH
- Camera module25 Aug 2026US 12,720,181 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Imaging apparatus, method of controlling imaging apparatus, and program5 May 2026US 12,619,302 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Range imaging device and range imaging method17 Mar 2026US 12,581,214 B2Toppan Inc.
- Imaging apparatus, focus control method, and program27 Jan 2026US 12,538,023 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Method and electronic device for automatic focus control4 Jun 2026US 2026/0156346 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Radius of curvature (roc) determinations based on roc-dependent optical conjugate positions26 Mar 2026US 2026/0085930 A1Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Processing apparatus, electronic apparatus, processing method, and program12 Feb 2026US 2026/0046523 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus and method for capturing image1 Jan 2026US 2026/0006330 A1Hanwha Vision Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device, method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for adjusting location of lens assembly on basis of data indicating reliability, obtained by using laser sensor13 Nov 2025US 2025/0350843 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Magnification change-over device for a camera58US 5,223,873 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Fully automatic, head mounted, hand and eye free camera system and photography45US 7,542,665 B22009
- Auto focus system22US 4,309,603 AHoneywell Inc. · 1982
- Camera and photographing method for setting focal distance of photographing optical system so as to correspond to information that indicates photographic range inputted via an operation section22US 7,573,525 B2Olympus Corporation · 2009
- Camera with zoom lens20US 4,195,924 AAgfa-Gevaert · 1980