H04N 1/2104
For one or a few pictures
Official title: {for one or a few pictures}
H04N1/2104 (For one or a few pictures) appears on 3,452 US grants and 3,267 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 3,452
- Published applications
- 3,267
- Assignees
- 525
- Inventors
- 4,167
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 83 | 87 |
| 2002 | 93 | 164 |
| 2003 | 81 | 171 |
| 2004 | 98 | 264 |
| 2005 | 106 | 259 |
| 2006 | 198 | 211 |
| 2007 | 151 | 169 |
| 2008 | 180 | 175 |
| 2009 | 161 | 182 |
| 2010 | 154 | 157 |
| 2011 | 182 | 144 |
| 2012 | 116 | 100 |
| 2013 | 134 | 141 |
| 2014 | 158 | 133 |
| 2015 | 151 | 166 |
| 2016 | 120 | 162 |
| 2017 | 143 | 128 |
| 2018 | 128 | 98 |
| 2019 | 125 | 73 |
| 2020 | 84 | 86 |
| 2021 | 66 | 52 |
| 2022 | 67 | 45 |
| 2023 | 39 | 34 |
| 2024 | 40 | 32 |
| 2025 | 29 | 21 |
| 2026 | 12 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image processing apparatus and method for processing an image with switchable functions15 Sep 2026US 12,739,336 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Monitoring image transmission apparatus for elevators14 Jul 2026US 12,683,903 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- System and method for event-based double integral imaging14 Jul 2026US 12,684,259 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Image obtaining method and electronic device7 Jul 2026US 12,677,062 B2Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Image management apparatus managing automatic image deletion of transferred image based on grace period, and image management method and recording medium16 Jun 2026US 12,656,972 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Photographing Method and Electronic Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255049 A1Honor Device Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230571 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222509 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Embedding nearby user presence within captured images18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172520 A1Motorola Mobility LLC
- System and method for event-based double integral imaging11 Jun 2026US 2026/0164142 A1OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic still camera providing multi-format storage of full and reduced resolution images544US 5,164,831 AEastman Kodak Company · 1992
- Terminal operative for storing frame of image data543US 8,628,016 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Electronic still camera for capturing and categorizing images510US 5,633,678 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Omniview motionless camera endoscopy system497US 5,313,306 ATeleRobotics International, Inc. · 1994
- Electronic imaging system using a removable software-enhanced storage device478US 5,477,264 AEastman Kodak Company · 1995