G01C 7/02
Tracing profiles: of land surfaces
Official title: of land surfaces
G01C7/02 (Tracing profiles: of land surfaces) appears on 293 US grants and 304 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01C- Granted patents
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Road surface abnormality detection apparatus, road surface abnormality detection method, and non-transitory computer readable medium15 Sep 2026US 12,736,339 B2NEC Corporation
- Control apparatus and control method1 Sep 2026US 12,724,154 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- GNSS error quantification and global map alignment25 Aug 2026US 12,716,748 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Smart road surface detection method and edge collection device, cloud-based road surface recognition module and system thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,688,703 B2Hung Ming Information Co., Ltd.
- System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface31 Mar 2026US 12,591,239 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for determining rough road and system including apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309491 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Method for determining feature characteristics of a surface10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266603 A1Dätwyler Schweiz AG
- Measuring module and three-dimensional data measuring system using the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251794 A1Topcon Corporation
- Current topography data creation system for work site and current topography data creation method for work site2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185830 A1Komatsu Ltd.
- System and method for automated odometry calibration for precision agriculture systems26 Mar 2026US 2026/0083040 A1Deere & Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus mounted on vehicles for detecting road surface conditions329US 4,653,316 AKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho · 1987
- Advanced terrain mapping system259US 5,517,419 ASynectics Corporation · 1996
- Apparatus for photographing road ruts222US 4,052,712 APacific Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977
- Route profile analysis system and method115US 4,586,138 AThe United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy · 1986
- Vehicle for evaluating properties of road surfaces110US 4,700,223 AKokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd. · 1987