H04N 2201/3266
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Official title: of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image (H04N2201/3226 takes precedence)
H04N2201/3266 (Of text or character information) appears on 374 US grants and 474 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 474
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 616
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 5 | 12 |
| 2003 | 7 | 33 |
| 2004 | 12 | 25 |
| 2005 | 14 | 46 |
| 2006 | 21 | 38 |
| 2007 | 15 | 28 |
| 2008 | 36 | 53 |
| 2009 | 23 | 47 |
| 2010 | 32 | 36 |
| 2011 | 42 | 28 |
| 2012 | 29 | 24 |
| 2013 | 20 | 15 |
| 2014 | 21 | 19 |
| 2015 | 16 | 17 |
| 2016 | 12 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 12 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method29 Jan 2026US 2026/0032208 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Discreet intra-aircraft communication11 Jan 2024US 2024/0010341 A1B/E Aerospace, Inc.
- Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method30 Mar 2023US 2023/0102476 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Imaging apparatus, information processing method, and program20 Oct 2022US 2022/0337711 A1Sony Group Corporation
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic still camera for capturing and categorizing images510US 5,633,678 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Processing techniques for text capture from a rendered document396US 7,818,215 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Adding information or functionality to a rendered document via association with an electronic counterpart374US 7,742,953 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2010
- Triggering actions in response to optically or acoustically capturing keywords from a rendered document302US 7,596,269 B2Exbiblio B. V. · 2009
- Methods and apparatus for associating descriptive data with digital image files255US 6,462,778 B1Sony Corporation · 2002