Patent Theme
Video Enhancement & Object Tracking
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.
47,546 US filings from 4,178 companies since 2023 · 2023: 11,258 · 2024: 15,205 · 2025: 14,701 · 2026 YTD: 6,382
Image Processing
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | TENCENT AMERICA LLC | 1,899 | 448 | 566 | 639 | 246 | +12.9% |
| 2 | Bytedance Inc. | 1,742 | 465 | 619 | 452 | 206 | -27.0% |
| 3 | LG ELECTRONICS INC. | 1,602 | 392 | 553 | 506 | 151 | -8.5% |
| 4 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 1,507 | 339 | 469 | 494 | 205 | +5.3% |
| 5 | BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 1,431 | 435 | 592 | 297 | 107 | -49.8% |
| 6 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 1,359 | 323 | 420 | 422 | 194 | +0.5% |
| 7 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 1,317 | 252 | 447 | 440 | 178 | -1.6% |
| 8 | GOOGLE LLC | 855 | 214 | 268 | 262 | 111 | -2.2% |
| 9 | NEC CORPORATION | 848 | 240 | 254 | 261 | 93 | +2.8% |
| 10 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 845 | 184 | 259 | 261 | 141 | +0.8% |
| 11 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 766 | 21 | 270 | 308 | 167 | +14.1% |
| 12 | GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD. | 757 | 99 | 181 | 272 | 205 | +50.3% |
| 13 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | 679 | 151 | 249 | 207 | 72 | -16.9% |
| 14 | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 646 | 130 | 228 | 199 | 89 | -12.7% |
| 15 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 607 | 156 | 194 | 183 | 74 | -5.7% |
| 16 | Apple Inc. | 605 | 141 | 208 | 172 | 84 | -17.3% |
| 17 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 604 | 162 | 191 | 210 | 41 | +9.9% |
| 18 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 587 | 161 | 196 | 165 | 65 | -15.8% |
| 19 | BEIJING DAJIA INTERNET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | 565 | 73 | 200 | 200 | 92 | 0.0% |
| 20 | B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 558 | 66 | 188 | 179 | 125 | -4.8% |
| 21 | SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 532 | 99 | 162 | 176 | 95 | +8.6% |
| 22 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 499 | 97 | 164 | 171 | 67 | +4.3% |
| 23 | Adobe Inc. | 476 | 106 | 149 | 136 | 85 | -8.7% |
| 24 | Hyundai Motor Company | 382 | 53 | 121 | 129 | 79 | +6.6% |
| 25 | Kia Corporation | 373 | 48 | 117 | 130 | 78 | +11.1% |