H04N 1/03
With photodetectors arranged in a substantially linear array
Official title: with photodetectors arranged in a substantially linear array
H04N1/03 (With photodetectors arranged in a substantially linear array) appears on 1,124 US grants and 761 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,124
- Published applications
- 761
- Assignees
- 252
- Inventors
- 1,752
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 35 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 31 | 0 |
| 1993 | 33 | 0 |
| 1994 | 23 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 15 |
| 2002 | 41 | 47 |
| 2003 | 35 | 48 |
| 2004 | 24 | 43 |
| 2005 | 32 | 52 |
| 2006 | 33 | 40 |
| 2007 | 31 | 44 |
| 2008 | 24 | 31 |
| 2009 | 37 | 37 |
| 2010 | 42 | 44 |
| 2011 | 34 | 32 |
| 2012 | 35 | 33 |
| 2013 | 35 | 30 |
| 2014 | 44 | 28 |
| 2015 | 27 | 17 |
| 2016 | 23 | 13 |
| 2017 | 14 | 40 |
| 2018 | 32 | 43 |
| 2019 | 41 | 17 |
| 2020 | 14 | 11 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 |
| 2023 | 7 | 26 |
| 2024 | 25 | 21 |
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2026 | 10 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 1/031The photodetectors having a one-to-one and optically positive correspondence with the scanned655
- H04N 1/0301Using a bent optical path between the scanned line and the photodetector144
- H04N 1/0306Using a plurality of optical elements arrayed in the main scan direction90
- H04N 1/0308Characterised by the design of the photodetectors30
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