H04N 1/0285
In combination with at least one reflector which is in fixed relation
Official title: {in combination with at least one reflector which is in fixed relation to the light source}
H04N1/0285 (In combination with at least one reflector which is in fixed relation) appears on 196 US grants and 137 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 137
- Assignees
- 82
- Inventors
- 350
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 13 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11 | 6 |
| 2013 | 16 | 10 |
| 2014 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Document reader having an optical filter with variable light transmission5 Aug 2025US 12,381,990 B2E-Seek, Inc.
- Lens mirror array and image forming apparatus using the lens mirror array20 Jun 2023US 11,681,130 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Document feeder and image forming apparatus27 Dec 2022US 11,539,853 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading device, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing image reading program, and image reading method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189665 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image reading device and image forming apparatus3 Jul 2025US 2025/0220124 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Document reader with improved illumination26 Jun 2025US 2025/0211695 A1Veridos GmbH
- Image reading device, image forming apparatus, and image reading method5 Dec 2024US 2024/0406327 A1
- Document reader with improved illumination28 Nov 2024US 2024/0397010 A1E-Seek, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear light source202US 4,941,072 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1990
- Low cost color-programmable focusing ring light191US 6,273,338 B12001
- Continuous diffuse illumination method and apparatus106US 5,461,417 ANortheast Robotics LLC · 1995
- Continuous diffuse illumination method and apparatus81US 5,684,530 ANortheast Robotics LLC · 1997
- Method and apparatus for rapid scanning of color images80US 5,191,406 ANikon Corporation · 1993