H04N 1/00013
Reading apparatus
Official title: {Reading apparatus}
H04N1/00013 (Reading apparatus) appears on 507 US grants and 512 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 507
- Published applications
- 512
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 938
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 24 |
| 2003 | 16 | 10 |
| 2004 | 14 | 20 |
| 2005 | 9 | 17 |
| 2006 | 13 | 26 |
| 2007 | 11 | 21 |
| 2008 | 11 | 20 |
| 2009 | 16 | 16 |
| 2010 | 25 | 21 |
| 2011 | 18 | 32 |
| 2012 | 30 | 27 |
| 2013 | 37 | 22 |
| 2014 | 29 | 19 |
| 2015 | 26 | 13 |
| 2016 | 15 | 19 |
| 2017 | 23 | 42 |
| 2018 | 30 | 14 |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 |
| 2020 | 17 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 20 |
| 2022 | 20 | 24 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 25 |
| 2025 | 8 | 21 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Inspection apparatus for inspecting image on sheet and image forming system that inspects printed image on sheet14 Jul 2026US 12,684,073 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inspection system and method of controlling the same, and storage medium that determine whether a continuous image defect has occurred19 May 2026US 12,634,401 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image analysis apparatus, image analysis system, image analysis method, program, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium comprising reading a printed matter, analyzing content related to reading of the printed matter and acquiring support information based on an analysis result of the content for display to assist a user in further reading operations14 Apr 2026US 12,603,960 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Image reading apparatus and image forming system14 Apr 2026US 12,604,074 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing system, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium17 Mar 2026US 12,581,018 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Abnormality detection apparatus, scanner, image forming apparatus, adhering object detection method, and non-transitory recording medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292074 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292082 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Detection system, detection method, and image forming apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281255 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image analysis apparatus, image analysis system, image analysis method, program, and recording medium9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197406 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Image reading apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189661 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digitizing scanner232US 6,606,171 B1Howtek, Inc. · 2003
- Systems and methods for automated image quality based diagnostics and remediation of document processing systems165US 6,665,425 B1Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Automated image quality control127US 5,600,574 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1997
- Image quality analysis method and apparatus121US 5,687,250 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1997
- On-chip design-for-testing structure for CMOS APS (active pixel sensor) image sensor109US 6,797,933 B1Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation · 2004