H04N 5/30
Transforming light or analogous information into electric information
Official title: Transforming light or analogous information into electric information (scanning details H04N3/00; cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00; circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS] or control thereof H04N25/00)
H04N5/30 (Transforming light or analogous information into electric information) appears on 1,034 US grants and 793 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 1,034
- Published applications
- 793
- Assignees
- 413
- Inventors
- 1,784
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 | 19 |
| 2004 | 9 | 18 |
| 2005 | 13 | 24 |
| 2006 | 18 | 12 |
| 2007 | 9 | 18 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10 |
| 2009 | 19 | 15 |
| 2010 | 13 | 15 |
| 2011 | 10 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 16 |
| 2013 | 13 | 26 |
| 2014 | 13 | 25 |
| 2015 | 30 | 22 |
| 2016 | 32 | 44 |
| 2017 | 35 | 24 |
| 2018 | 32 | 27 |
| 2019 | 35 | 34 |
| 2020 | 34 | 52 |
| 2021 | 43 | 50 |
| 2022 | 36 | 52 |
| 2023 | 61 | 111 |
| 2024 | 71 | 78 |
| 2025 | 81 | 42 |
| 2026 | 38 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method of detecting fluid levels in tanks6 Oct 2026US 12,754,057 B2Plainsight Technologies Inc.
- Touch control system and method15 Sep 2026US 12,737,054 B2I-Interactive LLC
- Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls8 Sep 2026US 12,728,319 B1Callaway Golf Company
- Scene processing for holographic displays1 Sep 2026US 12,724,477 B2Mine One GmbH
- Imaging and display system combining IR and color video streams25 Aug 2026US 12,720,005 B2Gentex Corporation
- Electric shaver with imaging capability24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292317 A1May Patents Ltd.
- Imaging device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230728 A1Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Imaging device and camera system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0231541 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Eye imaging in head worn computing30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219495 A1Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
- Readout circuit for infrared detector23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214359 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicular traffic alerts for avoidance of abnormal traffic conditions387US 9,805,601 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2017
- Lenslet array systems and methods295US 6,124,974 AProxemics · 2000
- Shared vehicle usage, monitoring and feedback248US 9,870,649 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2018
- Vehicular warnings based upon pedestrian or cyclist presence216US 9,868,394 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2018
- Method and apparatus for comparative analysis of videofluoroscopic joint motion169US 5,099,859 A1992