B60W 50/02
Ensuring safety in case of control system failures
Official title: Ensuring safety in case of control system failures, e.g. by diagnosing, circumventing or fixing failures
B60W50/02 (Ensuring safety in case of control system failures) appears on 3,219 US grants and 3,976 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 3,219
- Published applications
- 3,976
- Assignees
- 719
- Inventors
- 7,935
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 16 |
| 2002 | 21 | 22 |
| 2003 | 24 | 23 |
| 2004 | 19 | 23 |
| 2005 | 18 | 33 |
| 2006 | 23 | 27 |
| 2007 | 18 | 33 |
| 2008 | 18 | 39 |
| 2009 | 20 | 49 |
| 2010 | 26 | 30 |
| 2011 | 22 | 33 |
| 2012 | 39 | 64 |
| 2013 | 53 | 56 |
| 2014 | 47 | 76 |
| 2015 | 87 | 98 |
| 2016 | 83 | 92 |
| 2017 | 101 | 133 |
| 2018 | 129 | 180 |
| 2019 | 160 | 258 |
| 2020 | 179 | 359 |
| 2021 | 235 | 416 |
| 2022 | 318 | 463 |
| 2023 | 337 | 427 |
| 2024 | 362 | 399 |
| 2025 | 432 | 350 |
| 2026 | 306 | 277 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60W 50/0205Diagnosing or detecting failures2,180
- B60W 50/029Adapting to failures or work around with other constraints988
- B60W 50/023Avoiding failures by using redundant parts362
- B60W 50/0225Failure correction strategy318
- B60W 50/038Limiting the input power, torque or speed238
- B60W 50/035Bringing the control units into a predefined state206
- B60W 50/032Fixing failures by repairing failed parts38
Recent patents
- Driving dynamics system, electric vehicle with central control6 Oct 2026US 12,752,753 B2Ipgate AG
- Multicore hybrid-electric powertrain controller6 Oct 2026US 12,752,769 B2Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Moving body control device, moving body control method, and recording medium for handling software abnormality6 Oct 2026US 12,752,770 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Motion manager, control method, and non-transitory storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,752,781 B2Advics Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for detecting anomaly in lane following assistance system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,800 B2Hl Mando Corporation
- Risk evaluation apparatus, risk evaluation method, and risk evaluation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307666 A1Bridgestone Corporation
- Method for operating an environment sensor, and environment sensor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307667 A1
- Systems and methods to control operations of add-on vehicle sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307668 A1Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Detection of latent failures in autonomous vehicles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307682 A1Cavnue Technology, LLC
- Systems and methods for variable reporting of sensor data8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311589 A1Oshkosh Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Driving pattern recognition and safety control442US 8,634,980 B1Google Inc. · 2014
- Electrically controlled automated devices to control equipment and machinery with remote control and accountability worldwide378US 6,647,328 B2Kline and Walker LLC · 2003
- System and method for predicting behaviors of detected objects362US 8,660,734 B2Google Inc. · 2014
- Driving pattern recognition and safety control297US 8,965,621 B1Google Inc. · 2015
- Detecting sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle277US 9,274,525 B1Google Inc. · 2016