H04N 25/704
Pixels specially adapted for focusing
Official title: Pixels specially adapted for focusing, e.g. phase difference pixel sets
H04N25/704 (Pixels specially adapted for focusing) appears on 1,585 US grants and 1,879 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,585
- Published applications
- 1,879
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 1,624
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2014 | 77 | 154 |
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| 2017 | 173 | 161 |
| 2018 | 146 | 117 |
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| 2020 | 123 | 136 |
| 2021 | 95 | 111 |
| 2022 | 121 | 106 |
| 2023 | 97 | 113 |
| 2024 | 102 | 99 |
| 2025 | 86 | 88 |
| 2026 | 47 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image sensor8 Sep 2026US 12,732,718 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Hybrid image pixels for phase detection auto focus8 Sep 2026US 12,733,279 B2OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
- Leveraging high dynamic range (HDR) maps for improved auto focus1 Sep 2026US 12,726,700 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Imaging device and electronic device1 Sep 2026US 12,727,275 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,720,196 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Learning-Based Camera Autofocus Prediction for Sparse Phase Detection Imaging Sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313231 A1Google Inc.
- Image signal processor and image signal processing method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313244 A1SK hynix Inc.
- Image capturing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313264 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method of operating image sensor and image sensor performing the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313268 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Image pickup apparatus, focus detecting method, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303967 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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