H04N 1/00488
Providing an audible output to the user
Official title: {providing an audible output to the user}
H04N1/00488 (Providing an audible output to the user) appears on 231 US grants and 287 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 231
- Published applications
- 287
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 456
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 14 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 10 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2015 | 12 | 5 |
| 2016 | 10 | 9 |
| 2017 | 8 | 21 |
| 2018 | 8 | 20 |
| 2019 | 14 | 27 |
| 2020 | 28 | 21 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 19 |
| 2023 | 16 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Information processing system, information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium18 Aug 2026US 12,711,250 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Notification system notifying user of message, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor16 Dec 2025US 12,500,984 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing control device, method for controlling printing control device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program16 Sep 2025US 12,418,620 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Storage medium and information processing apparatus5 Aug 2025US 12,381,988 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus, information processing terminal, and information processing method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189667 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing device2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091595 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Information processing apparatus, method for information processing apparatus, and storage medium26 Mar 2026US 2026/0089272 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Detection device15 Jan 2026US 2026/0019512 A1Japan Display Inc.
- Image forming apparatus8 Jan 2026US 2026/0012542 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for linking designated portions of a received document image with an electronic address300US 5,838,458 A1998
- Methods for universal data output80US 7,609,402 B2Flexiworld, Inc. · 2009
- Apparatus and method for photographing a business card in portable terminal80US 7,793,833 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2010
- Mobile information apparatus for wireless search and data transfer76US 8,184,324 B2Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. · 2012
- Mobile device methods for enabling pervasive wireless digital media75US 8,169,649 B2Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. · 2012