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Coretronic Corporation
Coretronic Corporation's patent strategy shows a surprising and consistent decline across its core areas, with Photographic Apparatus (50.5% of portfolio) and Optical Elements & Systems (41.9% of portfolio) both experiencing significant year-over-year drops of -20.2% and -32.3% respectively in 2025, and further substantial decreases so far in 2026. This suggests a broad shift away from its traditional strengths, with only minor, albeit rapid, growth in niche areas like Printed Circuits & Electronic Assemblies (YoY +200.0% in 2025) and Display Drivers (YoY +50.0% in 2025) indicating potential, but still nascent, new directions.
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738 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 27 themes
Systems and components for projecting images, including light sources (e.g., laser), optical modulation elements (e.g., metasurfaces, spatial modulators), and optical paths for generating and displaying images.
Innovations in backlight units, optical films, and light management structures to enhance display performance, uniformity, viewing experience, or specific functionalities like touch.
Optical structures and lens designs that improve light extraction efficiency from LED dies and modules, including diffractive films, micro-lens arrays, reflectors, and color-conversion layers.
Mechanisms and control systems for precise movement of optical lens elements, often for autofocus, zoom, or image stabilization, utilizing various driving principles (e.g., piezoelectric) and low-friction components.
Systems that combine light sources, waveguides, and display elements into unified products for backlighting, automotive applications, general lighting, or color-corrected displays.
Optical systems and components specifically designed for head-mounted displays, augmented reality (AR) glasses, and virtual reality (VR) headsets, focusing on image projection, waveguide integration, and display durability.
Algorithms and hardware implementations within display drivers or associated components to enhance visual quality, resolution, or color reproduction, including upscaling, dithering, and compensation for display artifacts like crosstalk.
Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting light output, distribution, color, or intensity based on environmental conditions, user presence, content, or specific application needs.
Techniques for driving electrophoretic displays, including managing remnant voltage, optimizing particle movement, and specific addressing pulse schemes to improve optical quality and update speed.
Methods and circuits for coordinating the timing of display signals, data transmission, and control signals across various display components, ensuring proper image rendering and efficient operation.
Mechanical and thermal package design for LED modules, including heat sinks, thermal pads, flexible PCBs, and component housings for heat dissipation.
Methods and systems for improving the quality of video streams, generating intermediate frames, or continuously locating and following objects within a sequence of images, even under occlusion.
Development of sophisticated optical lens assemblies and computational methods to achieve high-resolution, precise, or specialized imaging, often for medical or scientific applications.
Methods and structures for mass-producing and assembling arrays of micro-LEDs onto a substrate, including transfer processes, bonding techniques, and defect management.
Techniques and circuits for optimizing power consumption, voltage stability, and energy efficiency in display panels, often involving dynamic voltage scaling, duty cycle control, or remnant voltage management.
Technologies that create dynamic and interactive visual content for displays, including virtual/wearable systems, by generating overlays, replacing input streams, or merging real-time user actions with digital environments.
Techniques for efficiently supplying power to electronic devices, managing battery charge/discharge cycles, optimizing power consumption, and converting power between different voltage levels or AC/DC for improved energy efficiency and longevity.
Techniques for rendering, interacting with, and managing content within augmented or virtual reality environments, including spatial tracking, gaze interaction, and dynamic multi-application display management.
Optical and pixel-defining materials for display panels, including black matrix compositions, color filter pigments, optical alignment films, and pixel-define layers.
Systems that combine data from multiple camera sensors or capture multiple images from different perspectives or qualities, often involving image processing techniques like synthesis to create enhanced or comprehensive views.
Methods and apparatus for detecting objects and determining their three-dimensional position and orientation (pose) using imagery or point cloud data, often for navigation, surveying, or environmental understanding.
Methods and apparatus for improving the visual fidelity, resolution, or compression efficiency of video signals, often through advanced processing, up-scaling, or neural network-based filters.
Development and optimization of novel neural network layers or architectures specifically designed to improve performance or efficiency for computer vision tasks.
Mechanical structures and devices designed to support, stabilize, or mount cameras and related photographic equipment, often featuring quick-release mechanisms, damping, or adjustable components.
Systems that employ imaging and image processing to automatically detect defects, verify states, or ensure quality control in manufactured goods, printed materials, or industrial processes.
Development and optimization of the semiconductor material layers and their interfaces within an LED to control light emission properties, manage internal stress, and improve device efficiency.
Designing user interfaces and interaction methods specifically for mobile or wearable devices, enabling control of external systems, monitoring user states, or facilitating real-world transactions.
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Video Quality & Encoding Optimization