Transforming infrared radiation

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2023

Full Title

Details of television systems > Transforming light or analogous information into electric information > Transforming infrared radiation

Classification Context

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

Additional Content

Cameras or camera modules for generating image signals from infrared radiation Circuitry of solid state image-sensors [SSIS] for transforming only infrared radiation into image signals

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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