G03B 3/10
Power-operated focusing
G03B3/10 (Power-operated focusing) appears on 2,653 US grants and 3,027 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 2,653
- Published applications
- 3,027
- Assignees
- 424
- Inventors
- 3,045
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 21 |
| 2007 | 7 | 31 |
| 2008 | 11 | 37 |
| 2009 | 28 | 55 |
| 2010 | 46 | 34 |
| 2011 | 52 | 103 |
| 2012 | 51 | 101 |
| 2013 | 87 | 125 |
| 2014 | 93 | 117 |
| 2015 | 120 | 158 |
| 2016 | 115 | 142 |
| 2017 | 136 | 110 |
| 2018 | 113 | 154 |
| 2019 | 142 | 200 |
| 2020 | 170 | 264 |
| 2021 | 171 | 264 |
| 2022 | 199 | 285 |
| 2023 | 244 | 262 |
| 2024 | 224 | 233 |
| 2025 | 249 | 191 |
| 2026 | 132 | 116 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of controlling power delivered to an actuator assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,756,333 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Actuator locking mechanism for image capture device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,343 B2GoPro, Inc.
- Optical system8 Sep 2026US 12,730,332 B2Actutek Corporation
- Camera actuator and camera module including same8 Sep 2026US 12,730,360 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera systems with improved actuator stability8 Sep 2026US 12,732,697 B2Apple Inc.
- Camera module and electronic device comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313215 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Camera actuator and camera module including same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299373 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module and optical device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287847 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287973 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Lead lens-type folded actuator having af-driven light-refracting element and camera including actuator17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281530 A1Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Camera with changeable focal length186US 4,792,822 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1988
- System and method for backing up data111US 7,055,008 B2FalconStor Software, Inc. · 2006
- System and method for determining and controlling focal distance in a vision system camera100US 8,576,390 B1Cognex Corporation · 2013
- Hand-held remote control and display system for film and video cameras and lenses95US 6,819,867 B2Panavision, Inc. · 2004
- Shape memory alloy actuation apparatus91US 7,974,025 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited · 2011