G01C 21/38
Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation
Official title: {Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation; Updating thereof}
G01C21/38 (Electronic maps specially adapted for navigation) appears on 5,119 US grants and 7,300 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
- 5,119
- Published applications
- 7,300
- Assignees
- 1,517
- Inventors
- 12,012
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 30 | 12 |
| 2002 | 28 | 29 |
| 2003 | 26 | 28 |
| 2004 | 29 | 49 |
| 2005 | 32 | 47 |
| 2006 | 29 | 60 |
| 2007 | 21 | 71 |
| 2008 | 32 | 89 |
| 2009 | 36 | 92 |
| 2010 | 41 | 134 |
| 2011 | 51 | 119 |
| 2012 | 63 | 112 |
| 2013 | 134 | 172 |
| 2014 | 161 | 165 |
| 2015 | 187 | 161 |
| 2016 | 161 | 182 |
| 2017 | 168 | 205 |
| 2018 | 170 | 272 |
| 2019 | 234 | 361 |
| 2020 | 272 | 627 |
| 2021 | 366 | 777 |
| 2022 | 461 | 799 |
| 2023 | 574 | 850 |
| 2024 | 633 | 722 |
| 2025 | 645 | 689 |
| 2026 | 467 | 476 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automatic selection of map detail levels6 Oct 2026US 12,754,038 B2Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Method for generating a digital map6 Oct 2026US 12,754,039 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Method and apparatus for creating a digital map6 Oct 2026US 12,754,040 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Method, apparatus, and system of providing large language model map feedback reporting6 Oct 2026US 12,754,041 B2HERE Global B. V.
- Systems and methods of sensor data fusion6 Oct 2026US 12,754,977 B2Digital Global Systems, Inc.
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
- Method for constructing a map while performing work8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305899 A1Bobsweep USA
- Method of enhancing vehicle safety, method of controlling vehicle operation, processing system, vehicle, and machine-readable instruction code8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307665 A1TomTom International B.V.
- Systems and methods for monitoring lane mark quality8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309512 A1Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
- Method and system for creating virtual meta map using spatial data acquired by intelligent indoor autonomous mobile robot8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310205 A1Integrit Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal communication system to send and receive voice data positioning information648US 6,148,261 AAmerican Calcar Inc. · 2000
- Computerized navigation system555US 5,543,789 AShields Enterprises, Inc. · 1996
- Digital mapping system549US 7,158,878 B2Google Inc. · 2007
- Digital mapping system470US 7,379,811 B2Google Inc. · 2008
- Method and apparatus for providing navigational services in a wireless communication device435US 6,374,177 B1Motorola, Inc. · 2002