G03B 17/18
Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light
Official title: Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light (indicating depth of field G03B13/30)
G03B17/18 (Signals indicating condition of a camera member or suitability of light) appears on 1,698 US grants and 1,032 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 1,698
- Published applications
- 1,032
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 2,204
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 20 | 0 |
| 1978 | 47 | 0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 |
| 1980 | 37 | 0 |
| 1981 | 44 | 0 |
| 1982 | 40 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 30 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 37 | 0 |
| 1992 | 35 | 0 |
| 1993 | 41 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 58 | 0 |
| 1998 | 53 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 42 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 |
| 2002 | 17 | 11 |
| 2003 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 19 |
| 2006 | 9 | 47 |
| 2007 | 2 | 48 |
| 2008 | 12 | 43 |
| 2009 | 34 | 34 |
| 2010 | 44 | 43 |
| 2011 | 39 | 46 |
| 2012 | 40 | 51 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 |
| 2014 | 48 | 59 |
| 2015 | 60 | 62 |
| 2016 | 48 | 42 |
| 2017 | 46 | 35 |
| 2018 | 32 | 50 |
| 2019 | 40 | 66 |
| 2020 | 66 | 64 |
| 2021 | 56 | 54 |
| 2022 | 53 | 57 |
| 2023 | 39 | 50 |
| 2024 | 37 | 38 |
| 2025 | 36 | 30 |
| 2026 | 15 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electronic device and control method of electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,925 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Digital viewfinder user interface for multiple cameras15 Sep 2026US 12,739,511 B2Apple Inc.
- Camera control device, storage medium, and camera control method1 Sep 2026US 12,726,713 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program that output image data including boundary portion of depth of field25 Aug 2026US 12,718,378 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Electronic device, image-capturing device, and image-capturing system18 Aug 2026US 12,713,124 B2Nikon Corporation
- Exchangeable lens and camera body8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313228 A1Nikon Corporation
- Information processing device, information processing method, and program20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245219 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Display control device, imaging apparatus, operation method and operation program for display control device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238879 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Accessory apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202638 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Display apparatus, display processing method, and storage medium16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205682 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Real-time preview for panoramic images343US 7,424,218 B2Microsoft Corporation · 2008
- Mobile terminal and method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal201US 8,391,697 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2013
- Photographic camera161US 4,728,978 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Film cassette and a photographing device using the same160US 4,500,183 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1985
- Prism149US 5,969,869 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999