H04N 1/1911
Simultaneously or substantially simultaneously scanning picture elements on more than one main
Official title: {Simultaneously or substantially simultaneously scanning picture elements on more than one main scanning line, e.g. scanning in swaths}
H04N1/1911 (Simultaneously or substantially simultaneously scanning picture elements on more than one main) appears on 687 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 687
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 172
- Inventors
- 1,057
- Latest grant
- 20 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 15 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 49 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 15 |
| 2003 | 21 | 32 |
| 2004 | 26 | 29 |
| 2005 | 15 | 19 |
| 2006 | 18 | 16 |
| 2007 | 9 | 14 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 20 | 21 |
| 2010 | 12 | 19 |
| 2011 | 16 | 17 |
| 2012 | 22 | 10 |
| 2013 | 17 | 6 |
| 2014 | 15 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device and method for improving the reproducibility of recordings20 Jan 2026US 12,531,956 B2CI Tech Sensors AG
- Image reading device5 Nov 2024US 12,137,190 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Photoelectric conversion element, reading device, and image processing apparatus3 Sep 2024US 12,081,714 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image reading device26 Mar 2024US 11,942,489 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Photoelectric conversion element, reading device, and image processing apparatus8 Aug 2023US 11,722,622 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image reading apparatus19 Jun 2025US 2025/0203021 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device and method for improving the reproducibility of recordings11 Apr 2024US 2024/0121348 A1CI Tech Sensors AG
- Image reading device21 Mar 2024US 2024/0098200 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Photoelectric conversion element, reading device, and image processing apparatus2 Nov 2023US 2023/0353693 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus and method15 Jun 2023US 2023/0188659 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image processing method and apparatus for processing oversized original images and for synthesizing multiple images175US 5,465,163 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Method and system for detecting nonfunctional elements in an ink jet printer162US 6,199,969 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001
- Spot deposition for liquid ink printing161US 4,748,453 AXerox Corporation · 1988
- Interlace printing process160US 4,967,203 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1990
- Method for enhancing the uniformity and consistency of dot formation produced by color ink jet printing122US 4,999,646 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991