H04N 25/706
Pixels for exposure or ambient light measuring
H04N25/706 (Pixels for exposure or ambient light measuring) appears on 150 US grants and 170 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 150
- Published applications
- 170
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 21 |
| 2021 | 11 | 13 |
| 2022 | 18 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 13 | 20 |
| 2025 | 12 | 13 |
| 2026 | 10 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image sensing device29 Sep 2026US 12,750,603 B2SK hynix Inc.
- Imaging element and imaging device18 Aug 2026US 12,713,151 B2Nikon Corporation
- Image sensor and driving method thereof18 Aug 2026US 12,713,161 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device including a camera4 Aug 2026US 12,701,335 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Intensity imaging and depth sensing with histogram overflow prevention9 Jun 2026US 12,652,475 B2Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Control device, endoscope apparatus, and control method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270592 A1Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium28 May 2026US 2026/0149896 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Dynamic read-out circuitry for light-sensing pixel based on light intensity23 Apr 2026US 2026/0113551 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Dark count rate mitigation on an avalanche photodiode-based ambient light sensor9 Apr 2026US 2026/0101123 A1STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Image sensor and image processing system11 Dec 2025US 2025/0380065 A1SK hynix Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solid-state image sensor with exposure controller229US 4,471,228 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1984
- Solid-state image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, image sensing apparatus, basic layout of photoelectric conversion cell, and storage medium187US 6,829,008 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2004
- Ambient light detection technique for an imaging array183US 6,469,289 B1Symagery Microsystems Inc. · 2002
- Integrated sensing display100US 7,535,468 B2Apple Inc. · 2009
- Automatically balanced exposure time and gain in an image sensor65US 7,099,056 B1Eastman Kodak Company · 2006