H04N 23/69
Control of means for changing angle of the field of view
Official title: Control of means for changing angle of the field of view, e.g. optical zoom objectives or electronic zooming
H04N23/69 (Control of means for changing angle of the field of view) appears on 4,565 US grants and 5,615 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscope system and the method of controlling the endoscope494US 10,413,155 B2Olympus Corporation · 2019
- Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same466US 7,199,348 B2Newport Imaging Corporation · 2007
- Dual aperture zoom digital camera370US 9,185,291 B1Corephotonics Ltd. · 2015
- Digital camera using multiple lenses and image sensors to provide an extended zoom range318US 7,206,136 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2007
- Systems and methods for image zoom288US 9,360,671 B1Google Inc. · 2016