H04N 1/0312
Using an array of optical fibres or rod-lenses
Official title: {using an array of optical fibres or rod-lenses}
H04N1/0312 (Using an array of optical fibres or rod-lenses) appears on 160 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 292
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical line sensor3 Feb 2026US 12,541,096 B2Vienex Corporation
- Precision of flatbed or ADF document reading by detecting different reference positions driving image sensor in different directions to read reference plate30 Jul 2024US 12,052,398 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading device having an overlap preventer with slit plates9 Apr 2024US 11,956,398 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Image sensor unit with erecting equal-magnification lens array having a lens with optically discontinuous portion2 Apr 2024US 11,949,832 B2Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
- Lighting device and image reading apparatus19 Mar 2024US 11,933,486 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image sensor unit with erecting equalmagnification lens array having a lens with optically discontinuous portion20 Jun 2024US 2024/0205346 A1Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
- Image reading apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium29 Feb 2024US 2024/0073340 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical line sensor25 Jan 2024US 2024/0027750 A1Vienex Corporation
- Image reading device21 Dec 2023US 2023/0412749 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Lighting device and image reading apparatus30 Nov 2023US 2023/0383924 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Contact type image sensor, producing method of the same, and information processing apparatus133US 5,489,995 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Contact-type image sensor126US 6,166,832 ARohm Co., Ltd. · 2000
- Read head incorporating an image pick-up function103US 5,317,146 AOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Modular optical fiber color image scanner with all-optical scanner head having side-coupled light guide for providing illumination light to the scanner head77US 6,157,027 ANEC USA, Inc. · 2000
- Contact type image sensor comprising a plurality of microlenses61US 5,877,492 ANEC Corporation · 1999