B60N 2210/00
Sensor types
Official title: Sensor types, e.g. for passenger detection systems or for controlling seats
B60N2210/00 (Sensor types) appears on 2,321 US grants and 2,697 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60N- Granted patents
- 2,321
- Published applications
- 2,697
- Assignees
- 671
- Inventors
- 4,471
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 20 |
| 2002 | 51 | 56 |
| 2003 | 46 | 57 |
| 2004 | 67 | 92 |
| 2005 | 53 | 90 |
| 2006 | 67 | 81 |
| 2007 | 49 | 95 |
| 2008 | 65 | 107 |
| 2009 | 58 | 75 |
| 2010 | 56 | 75 |
| 2011 | 71 | 72 |
| 2012 | 58 | 47 |
| 2013 | 65 | 79 |
| 2014 | 56 | 125 |
| 2015 | 77 | 71 |
| 2016 | 84 | 123 |
| 2017 | 94 | 164 |
| 2018 | 114 | 175 |
| 2019 | 166 | 204 |
| 2020 | 141 | 216 |
| 2021 | 126 | 176 |
| 2022 | 147 | 130 |
| 2023 | 139 | 140 |
| 2024 | 113 | 98 |
| 2025 | 107 | 82 |
| 2026 | 47 | 47 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Determining and responding to an internal status of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,754,550 B2Waymo LLC
- Method of controlling air-conditioning for occupants through seating detection29 Sep 2026US 12,746,854 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- System and method for classifying a type of calibration or maintenance event of a phone location unit in a volume based on sensor fusion22 Sep 2026US 12,742,850 B2Saverone 2014 Ltd.
- Heating system including conductive threads acting as capacitive-based proximity sensor and attaching heating wire to substrate15 Sep 2026US 12,739,946 B2Gentherm Incorporated
- Anti-submarining seat system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,535 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of vehicle seat8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307543 A1Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
- Vehicles including split-bus architectures3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259945 A1AutoConnect Holdings LLC
- Child restraint27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249752 A1Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
- Monitoring System for a Vehicle Cabin27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249863 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Seat, vehicle, and seat status control method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241845 A1Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic rearview mirror, vehicle lighting control and vehicle interior monitoring system using a photosensor array1,303US 5,877,897 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999
- Rain sensor with fog discrimination864US 6,353,392 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2002
- Rain sensor797US 6,313,454 B1Donnelly Corporation · 2001
- Interior rearview mirror system including a forward facing video device733US 6,806,452 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998