H04N 23/45
Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals
Official title: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images
H04N23/45 (Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors: for generating image signals) appears on 4,061 US grants and 4,836 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 4,061
- Published applications
- 4,836
- Assignees
- 1,026
- Inventors
- 7,071
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 16 |
| 2007 | 4 | 25 |
| 2008 | 6 | 34 |
| 2009 | 15 | 34 |
| 2010 | 24 | 35 |
| 2011 | 18 | 59 |
| 2012 | 29 | 97 |
| 2013 | 53 | 105 |
| 2014 | 88 | 167 |
| 2015 | 138 | 247 |
| 2016 | 178 | 325 |
| 2017 | 292 | 426 |
| 2018 | 312 | 429 |
| 2019 | 461 | 498 |
| 2020 | 459 | 498 |
| 2021 | 442 | 432 |
| 2022 | 389 | 380 |
| 2023 | 370 | 374 |
| 2024 | 311 | 285 |
| 2025 | 315 | 216 |
| 2026 | 131 | 126 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Methods and systems for enhancing low light frame in a multi camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,756,927 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for providing recommendation information related to photography29 Sep 2026US 12,750,582 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Hyper camera with shared mirror29 Sep 2026US 12,750,587 B2Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd.
- User interface for camera effects22 Sep 2026US 12,744,990 B2Apple Inc.
- Camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309963 A1Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
- Real-time hdr video for vehicle control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313240 A1Contrast, Inc.
- Chromatic Confocal System for Line-Scanning an Object1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299272 A1Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Detecting Optical Discrepancies In Captured Images1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301186 A1Skydio, Inc.
- Capturing and Processing of Images Including Occlusions Focused on an Image Sensor by a Lens Stack Array1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301205 A1Adeia Imaging LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor1,368US 5,796,094 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor888US 6,097,023 ADonnelly Corporation · 2000
- Vehicle rain sensor using imaging sensor696US 6,320,176 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2001
- Apparatus for optical see-through head mounted display with mutual occlusion and opaqueness control capability688US 9,547,174 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017
- Wide-field of view (FOV) imaging devices with active foveation capability563US 9,851,563 B2Magic Leap, Inc. · 2017