H04N 2201/04703
Using the scanning elements as detectors
Official title: using the scanning elements as detectors, e.g. by performing a prescan
H04N2201/04703 (Using the scanning elements as detectors) appears on 197 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 197
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 337
- Latest grant
- 26 Mar 2024
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Using pre-scan to improve scan speed by detecting a document loaded on the image reading apparatus26 Mar 2024US 11,943,407 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and position adjustment method25 Jun 2019US 10,334,130 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus17 Jul 2018US 10,027,833 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus and method for controlling the apparatus5 Jan 2016US 9,232,106 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus determining edge of original document6 Oct 2015US 9,154,658 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and control method of image reading apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313056 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming apparatus capable of sensing amount of misalignment between position of image forming portion and position of imaging portion, and sensing method31 Jul 2025US 2025/0247483 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Method for improve of scan speed using pre-scan9 Jun 2022US 2022/0182505 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and position adjustment method20 Sep 2018US 2018/0270366 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus23 Nov 2017US 2017/0339294 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Universal computer input device237US 5,420,943 A1995
- Adaptive image acquisition system198US 4,949,391 AEverex Ti Corporation · 1990
- Image processing method and device104US 5,719,970 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1998
- Linear sensor imaging method and apparatus104US 6,002,815 AKinetic Sciences Inc. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for distortion correction of scanned images86US 5,497,236 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1996