H04N 23/555
For picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous
Official title: {for picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous conditions, e.g. endoscopes or borescopes}
H04N23/555 (For picking-up images in sites, inaccessible due to their dimensions or hazardous) appears on 3,013 US grants and 3,416 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 3,013
- Published applications
- 3,416
- Assignees
- 783
- Inventors
- 4,290
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 23 | 17 |
| 2002 | 38 | 34 |
| 2003 | 25 | 32 |
| 2004 | 32 | 43 |
| 2005 | 18 | 38 |
| 2006 | 28 | 40 |
| 2007 | 20 | 54 |
| 2008 | 20 | 71 |
| 2009 | 33 | 79 |
| 2010 | 37 | 71 |
| 2011 | 45 | 45 |
| 2012 | 65 | 67 |
| 2013 | 56 | 88 |
| 2014 | 63 | 116 |
| 2015 | 68 | 126 |
| 2016 | 92 | 214 |
| 2017 | 125 | 308 |
| 2018 | 169 | 254 |
| 2019 | 248 | 261 |
| 2020 | 261 | 339 |
| 2021 | 249 | 289 |
| 2022 | 213 | 206 |
| 2023 | 210 | 181 |
| 2024 | 221 | 192 |
| 2025 | 195 | 160 |
| 2026 | 101 | 91 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gas turbine engine drone inspection system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,546 B2Rtx Corporation
- Systems and methods implementing distance-based image sensor windowing6 Oct 2026US 12,756,809 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- White balance adjustment jig for endoscope and white balance adjustment method for endoscope29 Sep 2026US 12,745,892 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Optical assemblies for endoscopic stereo visualization29 Sep 2026US 12,745,897 B2Cilag GmbH International
- Illumination sources for multicore fiber endoscopes29 Sep 2026US 12,745,900 B2Zsquare Ltd.
- Optical fiber waveguide in an endoscopic system for hyperspectral, fluorescence, and laser mapping imaging8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306023 A1Cilag GmbH International
- Endoscope system, information notification method, and recording medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298842 A1Evident Inspection Technologies Japan Corporation
- Camera system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303935 A1Otos Wing Co., Ltd.
- Image capture system and method for spatial observation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303978 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
- An ear probe for ear examination24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283457 A1Otos Health Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Alignment of master and slave in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus2,565US 6,364,888 B1Intuitive Surgical, Inc. · 2002
- Surgical system instrument sterile adapter1,479US 9,096,033 B2Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. · 2015
- Reduced area imaging device incorporated within wireless endoscopic devices1,381US 7,030,904 B2Micro Medical Devices, Inc. · 2006
- Image sensor and an endoscope using the same1,237US 6,659,940 B2C2Cure, Inc. · 2003
- Programmable camera control unit with updatable program1,161US 8,089,509 B2KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc. · 2012