H04N 23/667
Camera operation mode switching
Official title: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
H04N23/667 (Camera operation mode switching) appears on 5,151 US grants and 6,413 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 5,151
- Published applications
- 6,413
- Assignees
- 915
- Inventors
- 8,735
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 18 |
| 2004 | 16 | 52 |
| 2005 | 21 | 80 |
| 2006 | 20 | 93 |
| 2007 | 16 | 128 |
| 2008 | 52 | 128 |
| 2009 | 69 | 162 |
| 2010 | 116 | 142 |
| 2011 | 125 | 145 |
| 2012 | 128 | 176 |
| 2013 | 156 | 169 |
| 2014 | 177 | 229 |
| 2015 | 198 | 332 |
| 2016 | 267 | 435 |
| 2017 | 357 | 447 |
| 2018 | 350 | 404 |
| 2019 | 442 | 414 |
| 2020 | 422 | 444 |
| 2021 | 413 | 419 |
| 2022 | 403 | 397 |
| 2023 | 347 | 459 |
| 2024 | 319 | 433 |
| 2025 | 421 | 369 |
| 2026 | 272 | 326 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Camera module with liquid crystal panel for calculating distance6 Oct 2026US 12,756,918 B2Magnolia White Corporation
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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.
- Image capture apparatus and method of controlling image capture apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium6 Oct 2026US 12,756,929 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging apparatus, method for controlling imaging apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313227 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Imaging device, substrate observation apparatus, substrate processing apparatus, and imaging method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313229 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Camera device, video provision system, video provision method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313230 A1amnimo Inc.
- Method for keeping a surgical instrument of a robotic surgery system, during its movement control, within the field of view of a viewing system and related robotic surgery system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294566 A1
- Visualization system for spatial visualization1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298967 A1Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Terminal having plurality of operating modes530US 8,698,949 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Terminal having plurality of operating modes476US 8,866,963 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Systems and methods for remote camera control405US 8,675,084 B2Apple Inc. · 2014
- Dual aperture zoom digital camera370US 9,185,291 B1Corephotonics Ltd. · 2015
- Capturing and rendering high dynamic range images344US 8,760,537 B2Apple Inc. · 2014