H04N 23/00
Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors
Official title: Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
H04N23/00 (Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors) appears on 82,534 US grants and 96,396 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 82,534
- Published applications
- 96,396
- Assignees
- 11,933
- Inventors
- 100,809
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
| 1977 | 42 | 0 |
| 1978 | 38 | 0 |
| 1979 | 52 | 0 |
| 1980 | 62 | 0 |
| 1981 | 59 | 0 |
| 1982 | 64 | 0 |
| 1983 | 64 | 0 |
| 1984 | 74 | 0 |
| 1985 | 128 | 0 |
| 1986 | 149 | 0 |
| 1987 | 177 | 0 |
| 1988 | 160 | 0 |
| 1989 | 231 | 0 |
| 1990 | 204 | 0 |
| 1991 | 241 | 0 |
| 1992 | 236 | 0 |
| 1993 | 236 | 0 |
| 1994 | 249 | 0 |
| 1995 | 298 | 0 |
| 1996 | 344 | 0 |
| 1997 | 306 | 0 |
| 1998 | 386 | 0 |
| 1999 | 388 | 0 |
| 2000 | 361 | 0 |
| 2001 | 358 | 284 |
| 2002 | 404 | 762 |
| 2003 | 499 | 978 |
| 2004 | 645 | 1397 |
| 2005 | 582 | 1746 |
| 2006 | 884 | 1879 |
| 2007 | 789 | 1967 |
| 2008 | 1155 | 2189 |
| 2009 | 1496 | 2468 |
| 2010 | 1840 | 2545 |
| 2011 | 1938 | 2669 |
| 2012 | 2361 | 2750 |
| 2013 | 2499 | 3362 |
| 2014 | 2903 | 3974 |
| 2015 | 3449 | 4842 |
| 2016 | 3982 | 5538 |
| 2017 | 4619 | 5961 |
| 2018 | 4813 | 6038 |
| 2019 | 6013 | 6393 |
| 2020 | 6360 | 6849 |
| 2021 | 5832 | 6447 |
| 2022 | 5482 | 6257 |
| 2023 | 5235 | 5935 |
| 2024 | 5278 | 5437 |
| 2025 | 5281 | 4445 |
| 2026 | 3245 | 3284 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 23/60Control of cameras or camera modules45,624
- H04N 23/50Constructional details22,122
- H04N 23/70Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene13,412
- H04N 23/80Camera processing pipelines11,144
- H04N 23/90Arrangement of cameras or camera modules7,481
- H04N 23/56Provided with illuminating means7,006
- H04N 23/57Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for6,840
- H04N 23/10Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals4,893
All 14 subgroupsShow fewer
- H04N 23/45Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals4,061
- H04N 23/95Computational photography systems4,006
- H04N 23/20Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals3,895
- H04N 23/58Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera1,231
- H04N 23/30Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals1,180
- H04N 23/40Circuit details for pick-up tubes229
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