B60W 50/00
Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to
Official title: Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces}
B60W50/00 (Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to) appears on 22,233 US grants and 28,546 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 22,233
- Published applications
- 28,546
- Assignees
- 2,818
- Inventors
- 38,939
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 69 | 0 |
| 2000 | 78 | 0 |
| 2001 | 101 | 48 |
| 2002 | 136 | 142 |
| 2003 | 139 | 160 |
| 2004 | 113 | 185 |
| 2005 | 126 | 191 |
| 2006 | 130 | 145 |
| 2007 | 102 | 199 |
| 2008 | 108 | 275 |
| 2009 | 131 | 383 |
| 2010 | 181 | 370 |
| 2011 | 202 | 344 |
| 2012 | 338 | 442 |
| 2013 | 420 | 494 |
| 2014 | 451 | 674 |
| 2015 | 638 | 846 |
| 2016 | 731 | 991 |
| 2017 | 916 | 1339 |
| 2018 | 1149 | 1897 |
| 2019 | 1469 | 2248 |
| 2020 | 1627 | 2475 |
| 2021 | 1678 | 2615 |
| 2022 | 2040 | 2666 |
| 2023 | 2124 | 2756 |
| 2024 | 2264 | 2589 |
| 2025 | 2512 | 2299 |
| 2026 | 1733 | 1773 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60W 50/08Interaction between the driver and the control system12,064
- B60W 2050/0001Details of the control systemIndexing code4,535
- B60W 2050/0062Adapting control system settingsIndexing code3,959
- B60W 50/02Ensuring safety in case of control system failures3,219
- B60W 50/0097Predicting future conditions2,693
- B60W 50/0098Details of control systems ensuring comfort, safety or stability not otherwise provided1,729
- B60W 50/04Monitoring the functioning of the control system1,200
- B60W 50/06Improving the dynamic response of the control system817
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Imaging system for vehicle769US 7,526,103 B2Donnelly Corporation · 2009
- Method and system for controlling a vehicle669US 7,085,637 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2006