H04N 23/55
Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors
Official title: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
H04N23/55 (Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors) appears on 9,652 US grants and 11,955 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 9,652
- Published applications
- 11,955
- Assignees
- 2,035
- Inventors
- 14,314
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 21 | 25 |
| 2002 | 27 | 78 |
| 2003 | 43 | 83 |
| 2004 | 63 | 146 |
| 2005 | 57 | 198 |
| 2006 | 77 | 173 |
| 2007 | 77 | 191 |
| 2008 | 135 | 177 |
| 2009 | 181 | 157 |
| 2010 | 147 | 191 |
| 2011 | 131 | 228 |
| 2012 | 158 | 156 |
| 2013 | 153 | 214 |
| 2014 | 179 | 297 |
| 2015 | 266 | 449 |
| 2016 | 325 | 477 |
| 2017 | 423 | 556 |
| 2018 | 513 | 755 |
| 2019 | 674 | 1015 |
| 2020 | 870 | 1185 |
| 2021 | 899 | 1054 |
| 2022 | 894 | 1073 |
| 2023 | 868 | 943 |
| 2024 | 874 | 827 |
| 2025 | 868 | 727 |
| 2026 | 485 | 580 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imaging optical system, image capture device, and camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,396 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applications of an electrokinetic device for an imaging system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,453 B2
- Image capture systems for use in land and underwater environments6 Oct 2026US 12,754,459 B2GoPro, Inc.
- Camera module and method for manufacturing same6 Oct 2026US 12,756,910 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Camera module, control method and apparatus, and electronic device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,913 B2Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
- Light-receiving lens array and optical line sensor, and production method for light-receiving lens array8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309955 A1Vienex Corporation
- Optical system and camera module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309960 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module and electronic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310052 A1Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
- Camera module and optical device comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313214 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Camera module and electronic device comprising same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313215 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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