E05F 2015/765
Using optical sensors
Official title: {using optical sensors}
E05F2015/765 (Using optical sensors) appears on 198 US grants and 258 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 258
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 441
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for in-cabin monitoring with liveliness detection6 Oct 2026US 12,754,318 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Control algorithm utilizing autonomous sensors for open on approach side doors8 Sep 2026US 12,728,818 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Refrigerator and control method for refrigerator18 Aug 2026US 12,709,934 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- System and method for safety management in roll-up doors18 Aug 2026US 12,709,936 B2Rytec Corporation
- Automatic door device for detecting object using infrared sensor and image sensor, automatic door sensor, automatic door control method, storage medium storing automatic door control program, automatic door sensor control method, and storage medium storing automatic door sensor control program28 Jul 2026US 12,692,741 B2Nabtesco Corporation
- Motor vehicle with height determination for automatically opening tailgate1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296151 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Door system and module therefor20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243125 A1Y. Stern Engineering (1989) Ltd.
- Refrigerator and method of controlling the same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210621 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Method for operating an object capturing system of a vehicle, as well as object capturing system and motor vehicle9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194643 A1Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
- Method for detecting an obstruction of an automatic door system as well as a detection unit18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168304 A1Assa Abloy Entrance System AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sliding door sensor84US 5,142,152 AThe Stanley Works · 1992
- Object sensing apparatus73US 4,888,532 ABesam AB · 1989
- Method of, and apparatus for, controlling the position of an automatically operated door57US 5,001,557 AInventio AG · 1991
- Containers with multiple sensors42US 9,856,080 B2simplehuman, LLC · 2018
- Automatically actuated door arrangement37US 5,347,755 AReady Metal Manufacturing Company · 1994