G01C 15/006
Detectors therefor
Official title: {Detectors therefor}
G01C15/006 (Detectors therefor) appears on 272 US grants and 260 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 272
- Published applications
- 260
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 447
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 9 |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 12 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 6 | 13 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 | 21 |
| 2020 | 12 | 26 |
| 2021 | 13 | 22 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023 | 24 | 19 |
| 2024 | 19 | 14 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026 | 12 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Surveying target and method with distance power optimization15 Sep 2026US 12,736,343 B2Trimble Inc.
- Survey system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,722 B2Topcon Corporation
- Clamp for laser level detector11 Aug 2026US 12,703,065 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Three-dimensional projector and method28 Jul 2026US 12,693,117 B2Virtek Vision Corporation
- Unevenness level inspecting device, unevenness level inspectiing system, and unevenness level inspecting method16 Jun 2026US 12,656,114 B2Topcon Corporation
- Systems and methods for localizing and positioning solar module arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309494 A1Planted Solar, Inc.
- Surveying instrument17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276820 A1Topcon Corporation
- Surveying Instrument10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266609 A1Topcon Corporation
- Calibration method for survey instrument and system for calibrating a survey instrument3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259063 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Measuring module and three-dimensional data measuring system using the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251794 A1Topcon Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser land-surveying apparatus with digital display73US 4,029,415 ADakota Electron, Inc. · 1977
- Automatic control system for maintaining blade in predetermined relationship to laser beam62US 4,273,196 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1981
- Laser level60US 6,606,798 B2Black & Decker Inc. · 2003
- Battery holder for electronic apparatus48US 4,752,539 ASpectra-Physics, Inc. · 1988
- Portable type distance measuring apparatus48US 6,396,571 B2Topcon Corporation · 2002