B60S 1/0833
Optical rain sensor
Official title: {Optical rain sensor}
B60S1/0833 (Optical rain sensor) appears on 609 US grants and 605 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60S- Granted patents
- 609
- Published applications
- 605
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 1,024
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 29 | 18 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 |
| 2025 | 18 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rain sensor phantom wipe prevention6 Oct 2026US 12,752,742 B2Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Systems and methods for thermal management of vehicle sensor devices29 Sep 2026US 12,746,794 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Method for operating a wiper, computing unit and vehicle29 Sep 2026US 12,746,891 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Rain sensor system and vehicle22 Sep 2026US 12,741,612 B2Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Systems and methods for wiper control based on driver gaze detection22 Sep 2026US 12,741,613 B2
- Wiper control device and wiper control method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233704 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Computer system and method for automatic vehicular demist/defog function30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217223 A1Betterfrost Technologies Inc.
- Vehicular cabin monitoring system with rear window monitoring23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208697 A1Magna Electronics Inc.
- Rain detection using secondary field of view camera for driver safety system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192778 A1Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
- In-vehicle imaging system and vehicle window glass28 May 2026US 2026/0145646 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Video mirror systems incorporating an accessory module1,905US 6,690,268 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2004
- Rearview vision system for vehicle including panoramic view1,778US 5,670,935 ADonnelly Corporation · 1997
- Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor1,368US 5,796,094 ADonnelly Corporation · 1998
- Display enhancements for vehicle vision system1,367US 5,949,331 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999
- Automatic rearview mirror, vehicle lighting control and vehicle interior monitoring system using a photosensor array1,303US 5,877,897 ADonnelly Corporation · 1999