G09F 19/18
Involving the use of optical projection means
Official title: involving the use of optical projection means, e.g. projection of images on clouds (projection apparatus per se G03B)
G09F19/18 (Involving the use of optical projection means) appears on 405 US grants and 433 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G09F- Granted patents
- 405
- Published applications
- 433
- Assignees
- 285
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Air floating video display apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,717,162 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Techniques for displaying images in a visual effects system25 Aug 2026US 12,717,405 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Imaging optical system and display apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,681,324 B2Anhui Easpeed Technology Co., Ltd.
- Supporting element including fiber reinforced plastics and foldable display device including the same12 May 2026US 12,628,286 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for optical performance captured animated figure with real-time reactive projected media17 Feb 2026US 12,552,044 B2Universal City Studios LLC
- Systems and methods for controlling a waste flap leading into a waste container within a lavatory of an aircraft27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249996 A1The Boeing Company
- Supporting element including fiber reinforced plastics and foldable display device including the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255506 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Opportunistic projection onto dynamic light reflective material20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246909 A1Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Systems, methods, and devices for electronic dynamic award assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232127 A1
- Vehicle window glass, control method thereof, vehicle-mounted projection system and projection film9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192638 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Standard independent digitized video system363US 5,079,544 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1992
- Digitized color video display system344US 5,192,946 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1993
- Reduced-speckle display system320US 5,272,473 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1993
- Spatial light modulator projection system with random polarity light310US 5,214,420 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1993
- Apparatus and method for image projection298US 5,506,597 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1996