G03B 2215/0557
Multiple units
Official title: Multiple units, e.g. leader-follower systems
G03B2215/0557 (Multiple units) appears on 154 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 251
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Camera system including at least two light sources22 Sep 2026US 12,742,964 B2Kubota Corporation
- Camera-equipped portable information terminal30 Dec 2025US 12,513,408 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Color correction device, and color correction system having external flash21 Oct 2025US 12,452,972 B2Yingyou Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Lighting control device for controlling light emission of plurality of lighting devices by wireless communication, lighting device, photographing system, control method, and storage medium30 Sep 2025US 12,432,837 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Photographing method from plurality of artificial light sources and related apparatus9 Sep 2025US 12,413,864 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Control apparatus, imaging system, control method, and storage medium7 May 2026US 2026/0129278 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Control apparatus, illumination apparatus, illumination system, control method, and storage medium18 Dec 2025US 2025/0383586 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Camera-equipped portable information terminal device27 Nov 2025US 2025/0365513 A1Maxell, Ltd.
- Camera system including at least two light sources23 Oct 2025US 2025/0328009 A1Kubota Corporation
- Flash light emitting device, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237929 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flash photographing system122US 5,016,037 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Flash monitor alarm system94US 5,422,543 A1995
- Flash system77US 6,404,987 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Flash photographing system57US 4,573,786 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986
- Electronic flash device52US 4,485,336 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984