H04N 1/62
Retouching, i.e. modification of isolated colours only or in isolated picture areas
Official title: Retouching, i.e. modification of isolated colours only or in isolated picture areas only
H04N1/62 (Retouching, i.e. modification of isolated colours only or in isolated picture areas) appears on 1,202 US grants and 1,152 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,202
- Published applications
- 1,152
- Assignees
- 317
- Inventors
- 1,764
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 13 | 17 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026 | 9 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,645,867 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Color adjustments of highlighted areas2 Jun 2026US 12,646,282 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image correction method2 Jun 2026US 12,647,526 B2Benq Corporation
- Face-aware relighting of live video content5 May 2026US 12,621,417 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Systems and methods for teeth whitening simulation21 Apr 2026US 12,608,854 B2Align Technology, Inc.
- Image processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303731 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for teeth whitening simulation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195937 A1Align Technology, Inc.
- Method and system for generating an image and its use to encode and encrypt information25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181100 A1Sgdl Innovation SA
- Video signal adjustment method, video system and program25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181101 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus, and control method and control program therefor18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172521 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Graphical user interface for controlling color gamut clipping448US 5,416,890 AXerox Corporation · 1995
- Red-eye filter method and apparatus395US 6,407,777 B12002
- Image editing system including masking capability305US 5,469,536 AImageWare Software, Inc. · 1995
- Computer program product for redeye detection281US 6,252,976 B1Eastman Kodak Company · 2001
- Apparatus and a method for automatically detecting and reducing red-eye in a digital image278US 6,278,491 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001