H04N 1/486
With separate detectors, each detector being used for one specific colour component
Official title: {with separate detectors, each detector being used for one specific colour component}
H04N1/486 (With separate detectors, each detector being used for one specific colour component) appears on 445 US grants and 228 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 445
- Published applications
- 228
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 683
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 16 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 |
| 2004 | 19 | 13 |
| 2005 | 12 | 24 |
| 2006 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 15 | 16 |
| 2008 | 17 | 20 |
| 2009 | 13 | 18 |
| 2010 | 14 | 13 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image acquisition apparatus and control method with signal amplification17 Feb 2026US 12,556,639 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical sensor, paper sheet identification device, paper sheet processing device, and light detection method8 Jul 2025US 12,354,429 B2Glory Ltd.
- Imaging device for a medical imaging system, medical imaging system and method for generating medical images20 May 2025US 12,306,415 B2BHS Technologies GmbH
- Automated beam scan calibration, alignment, and adjustment20 May 2025US 12,309,327 B2General Electric Company
- Image processing apparatus, scanner, image forming apparatus, data management system, and image processing method13 Aug 2024US 12,063,337 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Pixel Data Determination Method and Apparatus, and Electronic Device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0386105 A1Weihai Hualing Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Reading Device, Reading Method, And Non-Transitory Recording Medium31 Jul 2025US 2025/0247490 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image processing apparatus, reading device, image forming apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium10 Jul 2025US 2025/0227189 A1
- Imaging device6 Mar 2025US 2025/0078242 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Image reading device, image forming apparatus, and image reading method5 Dec 2024US 2024/0406327 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Color scanning system168US 4,992,860 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Image processing method and image forming apparatus154US 4,825,246 AKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. · 1989
- Apparatus and method for a multi-resolution electro-optical imaging, display and storage/retrieval system120US 4,777,525 A1988
- Method and apparatus for rotating Bayer images118US 6,683,996 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2004
- Solid-state image pickup device with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements on a common semiconductor chip112US 5,453,611 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995