H04N 1/4076
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H04N1/4076 (Dependent on references outside the picture) appears on 878 US grants and 587 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 878
- Published applications
- 587
- Assignees
- 194
- Inventors
- 1,503
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 17 |
| 2002 | 28 | 23 |
| 2003 | 18 | 26 |
| 2004 | 28 | 33 |
| 2005 | 26 | 43 |
| 2006 | 25 | 29 |
| 2007 | 27 | 31 |
| 2008 | 25 | 28 |
| 2009 | 30 | 28 |
| 2010 | 19 | 25 |
| 2011 | 28 | 18 |
| 2012 | 33 | 24 |
| 2013 | 28 | 30 |
| 2014 | 29 | 22 |
| 2015 | 38 | 18 |
| 2016 | 19 | 16 |
| 2017 | 14 | 42 |
| 2018 | 36 | 25 |
| 2019 | 29 | 25 |
| 2020 | 32 | 21 |
| 2021 | 15 | 20 |
| 2022 | 12 | 11 |
| 2023 | 18 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Printing apparatus, reading method, and reading apparatus19 May 2026US 12,632,685 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image processing apparatus, printing system, and image processing method for thin line processing19 May 2026US 12,634,405 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Method and apparatus for printing three-dimensional structures with image information24 Feb 2026US 12,558,848 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Optical apparatus10 Feb 2026US 12,549,674 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image processing device, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory recording medium30 Sep 2025US 12,427,787 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Distance measuring method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210698 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Streak-shaped defect classification method and streak-shaped defect classification system29 Jan 2026US 2026/0030868 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus and image forming method11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377621 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and image forming apparatus30 Oct 2025US 2025/0332844 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for detecting malfunctional nozzles in a printing head and printing device9 Oct 2025US 2025/0313026 A1Bobst Mex SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stray light correction method for imaging light and color measurement system421US 6,975,775 B2Radiant Imaging, Inc. · 2005
- Method and apparatus for reading image information formed on material208US 5,070,414 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1991
- Halftone correction systems163US 5,854,882 AUniversity of Rochester · 1998
- Printer having print output linked to scanner input for automated image quality adjustment145US 5,884,118 AXerox Corporation · 1999
- Automated image quality control127US 5,600,574 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1997