H04N 1/00042
Monitoring, i.e. observation
Official title: {Monitoring, i.e. observation (H04N1/00029 - H04N1/00039 take precedence)}
H04N1/00042 (Monitoring, i.e. observation) appears on 248 US grants and 259 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 248
- Published applications
- 259
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 491
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2017 | 18 | 33 |
| 2018 | 29 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 | 17 |
| 2020 | 17 | 16 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 11 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming system, diagnostic apparatus, and image forming apparatus7 Jul 2026US 12,675,070 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Multi-function device (MFD) system configured to provide a real-time help to a user16 Jun 2026US 12,659,411 B2Xerox Corporation
- Inspection apparatus and method for controlling inspection apparatus for inspecting a printed material5 May 2026US 12,620,084 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method2 Dec 2025US 12,489,852 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Identifying state of cartridge from the result of scanning the print25 Nov 2025US 12,479,212 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Architecture for predictive connectivity for cloud-based devices3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261487 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inspection apparatus and method for controlling inspection apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245199 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lifetime prediction device, lifetime prediction method, and non-transitory recording medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230564 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus12 Feb 2026US 2026/0046365 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printed-matter inspection system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and printed-matter inspection method25 Sep 2025US 2025/0301066 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital image processing system and method72US 5,297,256 ACrosfield Electronics (USA) Limited · 1994
- Multipurpose remote office machine management system71US 5,673,190 AAtrix International, Inc. · 1997
- Office machine monitoring device71US 5,822,221 A1998
- Printer toner usage indicator with image weighted calculation69US 5,349,377 AXerox Corporation · 1994
- Remote monitoring system63US 6,108,492 AToshiba America Information Systems, Inc. · 2000