H04N 1/0057
Conveying sheets before or after scanning
Official title: {Conveying sheets before or after scanning (arrangements for conveying sheets as part of the scanning operation H04N1/04 and subgroups)}
H04N1/0057 (Conveying sheets before or after scanning) appears on 2,334 US grants and 2,203 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,334
- Published applications
- 2,203
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 3,522
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 17 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 56 | 0 |
| 2001 | 48 | 15 |
| 2002 | 35 | 49 |
| 2003 | 47 | 47 |
| 2004 | 22 | 45 |
| 2005 | 18 | 45 |
| 2006 | 22 | 37 |
| 2007 | 26 | 66 |
| 2008 | 40 | 51 |
| 2009 | 41 | 78 |
| 2010 | 61 | 83 |
| 2011 | 57 | 70 |
| 2012 | 72 | 71 |
| 2013 | 103 | 105 |
| 2014 | 102 | 98 |
| 2015 | 128 | 84 |
| 2016 | 95 | 124 |
| 2017 | 97 | 163 |
| 2018 | 145 | 156 |
| 2019 | 152 | 135 |
| 2020 | 133 | 103 |
| 2021 | 93 | 133 |
| 2022 | 124 | 119 |
| 2023 | 119 | 95 |
| 2024 | 85 | 81 |
| 2025 | 35 | 76 |
| 2026 | 28 | 74 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 1/00599Using specific components1,507
- H04N 1/00588To the scanning position878
- H04N 1/00591From the scanning position480
- H04N 1/00572With refeeding for double-sided scanning452
- H04N 1/00596Using at least a part of the apparatus in common for transporting114
- H04N 1/00618Transporting curved sheets or curving sheets during transportation60
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- Medium loading device, feeding device, image reading device, and image forming device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296070 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Document feeder, image reader, and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303735 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Document conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303736 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and motor control method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303737 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Medium conveying apparatus and recording apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285063 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image scanner187US 4,996,604 ATokyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Methods for sheet scheduling in an imaging system having an endless duplex paper path loop187US 5,095,342 AXerox Corporation · 1992
- Print sequence scheduling system for duplex printing apparatus164US 5,504,568 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Flexible sheet reversion using an omni-directional transport system136US 6,554,276 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Mobius combination of reversion and return path in a paper transport system132US 6,607,320 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003