H04N 2201/0081
Image reader
Official title: Image reader (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence)
H04N2201/0081 (Image reader) appears on 2,919 US grants and 2,967 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 2,919
- Published applications
- 2,967
- Assignees
- 409
- Inventors
- 4,542
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 75 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 69 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 33 |
| 2002 | 52 | 124 |
| 2003 | 61 | 102 |
| 2004 | 63 | 120 |
| 2005 | 73 | 167 |
| 2006 | 115 | 178 |
| 2007 | 75 | 120 |
| 2008 | 101 | 154 |
| 2009 | 86 | 143 |
| 2010 | 105 | 149 |
| 2011 | 110 | 159 |
| 2012 | 142 | 170 |
| 2013 | 199 | 156 |
| 2014 | 205 | 158 |
| 2015 | 197 | 157 |
| 2016 | 149 | 142 |
| 2017 | 151 | 260 |
| 2018 | 211 | 162 |
| 2019 | 148 | 38 |
| 2020 | 56 | 41 |
| 2021 | 35 | 32 |
| 2022 | 34 | 29 |
| 2023 | 27 | 30 |
| 2024 | 30 | 42 |
| 2025 | 20 | 43 |
| 2026 | 21 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus and controlling method for the same29 Sep 2026US 12,750,451 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading device with document lift moving up and down15 Sep 2026US 12,739,333 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image reading apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,732,581 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,726,576 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading device, adjustment method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with adjustment program1 Sep 2026US 12,726,578 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307405 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313058 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313059 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313068 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Medium loading device, feeding device, image reading device, and image forming device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296070 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable electronic faxing, scanning, copying, and printing device1,161US 7,443,547 B2Science Forge, Inc. · 2008
- Image read device and copier1,024US 8,599,450 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2013
- Interactive user interface for capturing a document in an image signal743US 9,047,531 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2015
- Record with encoded data561US 5,337,361 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1994
- High density two-dimensional bar code symbol559US 5,304,786 ASymbol Technologies, Inc. · 1994