H04N 1/00047
Using an image not specifically designed for the purpose
Official title: {using an image not specifically designed for the purpose}
H04N1/00047 (Using an image not specifically designed for the purpose) appears on 216 US grants and 256 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 216
- Published applications
- 256
- Assignees
- 90
- Inventors
- 494
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 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 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 15 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 9 | 10 |
| 2009 | 8 | 18 |
| 2010 | 11 | 20 |
| 2011 | 4 | 11 |
| 2012 | 17 | 19 |
| 2013 | 12 | 7 |
| 2014 | 18 | 19 |
| 2015 | 15 | 7 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 9 |
| 2023 | 10 | 21 |
| 2024 | 10 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Inspection system, inspection apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium that execute inspection by comparing an image of a printed material and a reference image2 Jun 2026US 12,646,164 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inspection apparatus and method for controlling inspection apparatus for inspecting a printed material5 May 2026US 12,620,084 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inspection apparatus, inspection method, and storage medium that provide position adjustment by at least one of linear transformation or non-linear transformation of inspection image5 May 2026US 12,621,392 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus for comparing a read image to a correct image to determine if the read image is free of abnormalities7 Apr 2026US 12,596,510 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printed material inspection system, printed material inspection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium17 Mar 2026US 12,578,907 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Inspection apparatus and method for controlling inspection apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245199 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and control method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203001 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image inspection apparatus, image forming apparatus, image inspection method, and storage medium2 Jul 2026US 2026/0187788 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Print velocity-based scanned image correction25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179212 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus, inspection method, and non-transitory recording medium25 Jun 2026US 2026/0179214 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spatial light modulator array140US 5,510,824 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1996
- Automated quality assurance image processing system67US 5,537,483 AStaplevision Inc. · 1996
- Method for high resolution printing56US 5,614,937 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1997
- Job/page proofing for electronic printers53US 5,164,842 AXerox Corporation · 1992
- System for identifying areas in pre-existing image data as test patches for print quality measurement38US 5,450,165 AXerox Corporation · 1995