DIFF Subgroup
H04N 13/20 Image signal generators
Introduced: January 2018
Full Title
Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof > Image signal generators
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2018.
Child Classifications
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- H04N 13/204 using stereoscopic image cameras (stereoscopic photography G03B35/00) since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/261 with monoscopic-to-stereoscopic image conversion since 2018 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/271 wherein the generated image signals comprise depth maps or disparity maps since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/275 from three-dimensional [3D] object models, e.g. computer-generated stereoscopic image signals since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/282 for generating image signals corresponding to three or more geometrical viewpoints, e.g. multi-view systems since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/286 having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- H04N 13/293 Generating mixed stereoscopic images; Generating mixed monoscopic and stereoscopic images, e.g. a stereoscopic image overlay window on a monoscopic image background since 2018 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QUALCOMM US 97,396
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
- CANON 33,341
- SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
- QUALCOMM US 101,139
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
- TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
- HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
- SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
- ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
- INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
- GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498