H04N 13/30
Image reproducers
Official title: Image reproducers (optical systems for producing stereoscopic or other three-dimensional [3D] effects G02B30/00)
H04N13/30 (Image reproducers) appears on 11,322 US grants and 14,091 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 11,322
- Published applications
- 14,091
- Assignees
- 2,489
- Inventors
- 17,690
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 29 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 34 | 0 |
| 1991 | 47 | 0 |
| 1992 | 54 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 41 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 67 | 0 |
| 1997 | 94 | 0 |
| 1998 | 126 | 0 |
| 1999 | 135 | 0 |
| 2000 | 124 | 0 |
| 2001 | 119 | 48 |
| 2002 | 107 | 161 |
| 2003 | 89 | 139 |
| 2004 | 101 | 165 |
| 2005 | 83 | 191 |
| 2006 | 97 | 238 |
| 2007 | 83 | 250 |
| 2008 | 104 | 282 |
| 2009 | 113 | 278 |
| 2010 | 173 | 443 |
| 2011 | 176 | 838 |
| 2012 | 303 | 1183 |
| 2013 | 420 | 1156 |
| 2014 | 625 | 893 |
| 2015 | 875 | 844 |
| 2016 | 774 | 793 |
| 2017 | 732 | 765 |
| 2018 | 637 | 835 |
| 2019 | 860 | 737 |
| 2020 | 831 | 665 |
| 2021 | 644 | 682 |
| 2022 | 580 | 596 |
| 2023 | 517 | 525 |
| 2024 | 472 | 554 |
| 2025 | 519 | 495 |
| 2026 | 347 | 335 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 13/332Displays for viewing with the aid of special glasses or head-mounted displays5,284
- H04N 13/302For viewing without the aid of special glasses, i.e. using autostereoscopic displays3,987
- H04N 13/398Synchronisation thereof2,942
- H04N 13/366Using viewer tracking2,847
- H04N 13/363Using image projection screens1,320
- H04N 13/324Colour aspects1,301
- H04N 13/356Having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes1,227
- H04N 13/349Multi-view displays for displaying three or more geometrical viewpoints without viewer tracking1,192
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- H04N 13/388Volumetric displays, i.e. systems where the image is built up from picture921
- H04N 13/327Calibration thereof603
- H04N 13/361Reproducing mixed stereoscopic images552
- H04N 2013/40Privacy aspects, i.e. devices showing different images to different viewers, the imagesIndexing code329
- H04N 13/346Using prisms or semi-transparent mirrors258
- H04N 13/365Using digital micromirror devices [dmd]163
- H04N 13/385Alternating rapidly the location of the left-right image components on the display25
Recent patents
- Eye tracking color vision tests6 Oct 2026US 12,751,612 B2Verily Health Inc.
- Augmented reality system using display with fiber-optic faceplate6 Oct 2026US 12,754,434 B1Oledworks GmbH
- 3D display system and method employing stereo mapping coordinates6 Oct 2026US 12,756,811 B2Leia Inc.
- Multi-view displays and associated systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,756,812 B2Fathom Optics Inc.
- Stimulus-responsive depth-changing display6 Oct 2026US 12,756,813 B2T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Apparatus and methods to render 3d digital content having multiple views8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310005 A1Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310284 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and a method to achieve single-shot stereo calibration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311368 A1Irida Labs S.A.
- System and a method to achieve single-shot stereo calibration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311369 A1Irida Labs S.A.
- System and a method to achieve single-shot stereo calibration8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311370 A1Irida Labs S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus2,565US 6,364,888 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Apparatus and method for performing computer enhanced surgery with articulated instrument1,896US 6,223,100 B1SRI International · 2001
- Surgical method1,654US 6,963,792 B1SRI International · 2005
- Surgical system1,483US 6,850,817 B1SRI International · 2005
- Method for telemanipulation with telepresence1,184US 5,631,973 ASRI International · 1997