G06V 30/14
Image acquisition
G06V30/14 (Image acquisition) appears on 5,155 US grants and 5,493 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06V- Granted patents
- 5,155
- Published applications
- 5,493
- Assignees
- 1,594
- Inventors
- 9,870
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 30 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 46 | 0 |
| 1997 | 52 | 0 |
| 1998 | 68 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 59 | 0 |
| 2001 | 65 | 17 |
| 2002 | 56 | 82 |
| 2003 | 57 | 191 |
| 2004 | 98 | 115 |
| 2005 | 101 | 225 |
| 2006 | 153 | 187 |
| 2007 | 134 | 135 |
| 2008 | 134 | 183 |
| 2009 | 118 | 174 |
| 2010 | 155 | 164 |
| 2011 | 185 | 156 |
| 2012 | 171 | 161 |
| 2013 | 193 | 189 |
| 2014 | 181 | 238 |
| 2015 | 210 | 214 |
| 2016 | 203 | 234 |
| 2017 | 202 | 233 |
| 2018 | 187 | 213 |
| 2019 | 246 | 279 |
| 2020 | 243 | 291 |
| 2021 | 245 | 291 |
| 2022 | 231 | 339 |
| 2023 | 273 | 419 |
| 2024 | 278 | 300 |
| 2025 | 295 | 274 |
| 2026 | 164 | 189 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06V 30/142Using hand-held instruments2,036
- G06V 30/148Segmentation of character regions1,447
- G06V 30/1444Selective acquisition, locating or processing of specific regions1,061
- G06V 30/146Aligning or centring of the image pick-up or image-field917
- G06V 30/144Using a slot moved over the image144
- G06V 30/1429Identifying or ignoring parts by sensing at different wavelengths35
- G06V 30/141Using multiple overlapping images32
- G06V 30/1437Sensor details19
Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,755,508 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Rules-based template extraction29 Sep 2026US 12,748,920 B2DeepSee.ai Inc.
- Systems and methods to use generative AI for easy configuration of advanced features in MV/FIS cameras and associated job builder application15 Sep 2026US 12,737,571 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Identifying items in images using embeddings generated from the images and ranking candidates using a language model15 Sep 2026US 12,738,082 B2Maplebear Inc.
- Padding sensitive batch construction for text recognition15 Sep 2026US 12,738,085 B2Oracle International Corporation
- Method and apparatus for determining text track in video, and device, and medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311348 A1Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.
- Analyzing semantic user sessions using screen understanding8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311448 A1Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- System and method for automated document annotation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311503 A1Quantiphi, Inc
- Simulating user interactions over shared content8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313031 A1Sightful Computers Ltd
- Process control system for standardized blood pressure measurement and implementation method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294256 A1Jiangxi Changgang Medical Technology Limited Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Absolute optical position determination1,082US 5,852,434 A1998
- Optical position determination1,046US 5,477,012 A1995
- Formless forms and paper web using a reference-based mark extraction technique1,022US 5,692,073 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- System and method for stereotactic registration of image scan data854US 6,006,126 A1999
- Interactive user interface for capturing a document in an image signal743US 9,047,531 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2015