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H04N 9/68

for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits (H04N9/71, H04N9/73 take precedence; camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals H04N23/86)

Introduced: January 1985

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits

CPC: for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits (H04N9/71, H04N9/73 take precedence; camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals H04N23/86)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of colour television systems > Circuits for processing colour signals > for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits

CPC:

Details of colour television systems > Circuits for processing colour signals (H04N9/77 takes precedence; camera processing pipelines for processing colour signals H04N23/84) > for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits (H04N9/71, H04N9/73 take precedence; camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals H04N23/86)

Additional Content IPC

Circuits for processing colour signals for colour killing combined with colour gain control Colour balance circuits Camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1985.

Child Classifications

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  • H04N 9/69 for modifying the colour signals by gamma correction (controlling camera response for colour signals H04N23/83) since 1985 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QUALCOMM US 97,396
  2. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 96,502
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 86,981
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 55,869
  5. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 55,349
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 53,649
  7. CANON 33,341
  8. SONY CORPORATION JP 32,761
  9. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,274
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 28,327

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class H04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 101,476
  2. QUALCOMM US 101,139
  3. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 96,655
  4. TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) SE 57,744
  5. LG ELECTRONICS KR 55,253
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 54,181
  7. SONY CORPORATION JP 35,309
  8. ZTE CORPORATION CN 32,950
  9. INTEL CORPORATION US 27,533
  10. GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION CN 27,498