G01B 11/2755
Using photoelectric detection means
Official title: {using photoelectric detection means}
G01B11/2755 (Using photoelectric detection means) appears on 374 US grants and 316 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01B- Granted patents
- 374
- Published applications
- 316
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 465
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 19 | 12 |
| 2025 | 15 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and a system for determining wheel alignment parameter of a vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,729,958 B2Car-O-Liner Group AB
- Enabling mobile camera calibration18 Aug 2026US 12,710,270 B1
- Apparatus and method for measuring vehicle alignment19 May 2026US 12,631,444 B2Nexion S.P.A.
- System and method for detecting axle configuration on a multi-axle vehicle17 Feb 2026US 12,553,713 B2Hunter Engineering Company
- Vehicle measurement device and calibration method30 Dec 2025US 12,511,956 B2Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd.
- Wheel aligner with improved accuracy and no-stop positioning using a drive direction calculation30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118115 A1Snap-on Incorporated
- Service-vehicle system12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070519 A1Texa S.P.A.
- Four-wheel aligner12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071865 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
- Calibration system and four-wheel aligner12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071866 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
- Four-wheel alignment method and four-wheel alignment system12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071867 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels117US 5,535,522 A1996
- Method for calibrating the initial position and the orientation of one or several mobile cameras117US 6,594,600 B1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique · 2003
- Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels109US 5,724,743 ASnap-on Technologies, Inc. · 1998
- Laser tracking wheel alignment measurement apparatus and method95US 5,532,816 AStellar Industries, Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for determining the alignment of motor vehicle wheels83US 6,148,528 ASnap-on Technologies, Inc. · 2000