G06F 16/434
Using image data
Official title: {using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user}
G06F16/434 (Using image data) appears on 611 US grants and 752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 611
- Published applications
- 752
- Assignees
- 272
- Inventors
- 1,297
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 14 |
| 2006 | 2 | 20 |
| 2007 | 3 | 17 |
| 2008 | 6 | 25 |
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| 2012 | 19 | 34 |
| 2013 | 25 | 46 |
| 2014 | 43 | 41 |
| 2015 | 46 | 50 |
| 2016 | 48 | 38 |
| 2017 | 41 | 49 |
| 2018 | 45 | 73 |
| 2019 | 44 | 53 |
| 2020 | 58 | 63 |
| 2021 | 56 | 35 |
| 2022 | 35 | 30 |
| 2023 | 31 | 22 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 |
| 2025 | 21 | 24 |
| 2026 | 12 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Computing systems and methods for retrieving data from a library for use by downstream systems18 Aug 2026US 12,711,174 B2Google Inc.
- Natural language-guided music audio recommendation for video using machine learning11 Aug 2026US 12,705,275 B2Adobe Inc.
- Consistent file system semantics with cloud object storage28 Jul 2026US 12,693,995 B2Oracle International Corporation
- Methods and apparatus to determine tags for media using multiple media features14 Jul 2026US 12,681,978 B2The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Redirection to digital content based on image-search2 Jun 2026US 12,645,736 B2Snap Inc.
- Methods and apparatus to determine tags for media using multiple media features1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300375 A1The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288851 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288854 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
- Audio-augmented image search for sub-location identification24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288865 A1Snap Inc.
- System24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289890 A1SoftBank Group Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Audio content search engine441US 7,983,915 B2Sonic Foundry, Inc. · 2011
- Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document396US 7,818,215 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Adding information or functionality to a rendered document via association with an electronic counterpart374US 7,742,953 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Copyright detection and protection system and method317US 7,363,278 B2Audible Magic Corporation · 2008
- Triggering actions in response to optically or acoustically capturing keywords from a rendered document302US 7,596,269 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2009