H04N 1/028
For picture information pick-up
Official title: for picture information pick-up
H04N1/028 (For picture information pick-up) appears on 2,775 US grants and 2,060 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,775
- Published applications
- 2,060
- Assignees
- 536
- Inventors
- 3,832
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 33 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 51 | 0 |
| 1988 | 58 | 0 |
| 1989 | 55 | 0 |
| 1990 | 65 | 0 |
| 1991 | 48 | 0 |
| 1992 | 55 | 0 |
| 1993 | 62 | 0 |
| 1994 | 43 | 0 |
| 1995 | 50 | 0 |
| 1996 | 42 | 0 |
| 1997 | 53 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 57 | 0 |
| 2000 | 57 | 0 |
| 2001 | 55 | 28 |
| 2002 | 71 | 76 |
| 2003 | 67 | 83 |
| 2004 | 51 | 100 |
| 2005 | 54 | 94 |
| 2006 | 58 | 78 |
| 2007 | 50 | 80 |
| 2008 | 54 | 76 |
| 2009 | 70 | 117 |
| 2010 | 83 | 83 |
| 2011 | 61 | 98 |
| 2012 | 89 | 70 |
| 2013 | 103 | 94 |
| 2014 | 120 | 102 |
| 2015 | 124 | 97 |
| 2016 | 102 | 86 |
| 2017 | 86 | 139 |
| 2018 | 111 | 131 |
| 2019 | 123 | 80 |
| 2020 | 78 | 55 |
| 2021 | 59 | 66 |
| 2022 | 48 | 54 |
| 2023 | 51 | 66 |
| 2024 | 57 | 50 |
| 2025 | 24 | 38 |
| 2026 | 18 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 1/02815Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of1,556
- H04N 1/03With photodetectors arranged in a substantially linear array1,124
- H04N 1/0281With means for collecting light from a line or an area of137
- H04N 1/02805With photodetectors arranged in a two-dimensional array122
- H04N 1/029Heads optically focused on only one picture element at a time38
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Most cited
By later US patents
- DMD scanner254US 5,457,566 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1995
- Linear light source240US 5,607,227 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Digitizing scanner232US 6,606,171 B1Howtek, Inc. · 2003
- Linear light source202US 4,941,072 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Image input/output apparatus with light illumination device for two-dimensional illumination199US 6,295,390 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001