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H04N 25/62

Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels

Introduced: January 2023

Full Title

Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof > Noise processing, e.g. detecting, correcting, reducing or removing noise > Detection or reduction of noise due to excess charges produced by the exposure, e.g. smear, blooming, ghost image, crosstalk or leakage between pixels

Classification Context

Section:
ELECTRICITY
Class:
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
Subclass:
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

5 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • H04N 25/621 for the control of blooming
  • H04N 25/625 for the control of smear
  • H04N 25/626 Reduction of noise due to residual charges remaining after image readout, e.g. to remove ghost images or afterimages
  • H04N 25/627 Detection or reduction of inverted contrast or eclipsing effects
  • H04N 25/628 for reducing horizontal stripes caused by saturated regions of CMOS sensors

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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