H04N 25/20
Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [ssis]: for transforming only infrared radiation into
Official title: for transforming only infrared radiation into image signals
H04N25/20 (Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [ssis]: for transforming only infrared radiation into) appears on 380 US grants and 306 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 380
- Published applications
- 306
- Assignees
- 188
- Inventors
- 779
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 13 | 12 |
| 2003 | 13 | 7 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6 |
| 2005 | 6 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 16 | 15 |
| 2018 | 14 | 13 |
| 2019 | 18 | 29 |
| 2020 | 22 | 32 |
| 2021 | 32 | 22 |
| 2022 | 21 | 9 |
| 2023 | 13 | 24 |
| 2024 | 22 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 | 25 |
| 2026 | 15 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image sensor with in-pixel background subtraction and motion detection29 Sep 2026US 12,747,338 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Systems, methods and computer program products for generating depth images based on short-wave infrared detection information8 Sep 2026US 12,730,225 B2TriEye Ltd.
- Measurement of a laser pulse repetition frequency using upconversion18 Aug 2026US 12,713,116 B2SRI International
- Imaging device and imaging apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,707,796 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Thermal imaging camera module configured for integration into a host system14 Jul 2026US 12,684,256 B2Seek Thermal, Inc.
- Light detecting device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282641 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Kordlou multi-camera eye tracking system with continuous calibration27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253236 A1
- Feedback-controlled sensor array and sensor unit27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255075 A1Ai4Iv Srl
- Infrared imaging device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235446 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Method for driving display device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237346 A1Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electro-optical imaging array with motion compensation144US 5,155,597 ARecon/Optical, Inc. · 1992
- Infrared imager using room temperature capacitance sensor142US 5,965,886 ASarnoff Corporation · 1999
- Imaging device with multiple fields of view incorporating memory-based temperature compensation of an uncooled focal plane array141US 7,235,785 B2Irvine Sensors Corporation · 2007
- Infrared scanner using dynamic range conserving video processing114US 4,963,963 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force · 1990
- Solid-state image pickup device with a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements on a common semiconductor chip112US 5,453,611 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995