G01D 5/285
Using a movable mirror
Official title: {using a movable mirror}
G01D5/285 (Using a movable mirror) appears on 59 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for determining a position of a mirror6 Jan 2026US 12,516,963 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Tactile sensor equipped with multiple light sources and a photo detector, sensing device and robot having the same24 Jun 2025US 12,339,143 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Optical encoder and control apparatus2 Apr 2024US 11,946,780 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Position detector, door opening detection device and associated method2 Jan 2024US 11,860,005 B2Ifotec
- Single-pixel optical technologies for instantly quantifying multicellular response profiles10 Oct 2023US 11,782,046 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Method for detecting a touch event using a tactile sensor18 Sep 2025US 2025/0290777 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- A device and a method for determining rotational position of a rotating shaft5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180382 A1Autostore Technology AS
- Method for determining a position of a mirror1 Aug 2024US 2024/0255319 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Tactile sensor, sensing device and robot14 Sep 2023US 2023/0288229 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Position transducer and method for manufacturing the same16 Mar 2023US 2023/0081307 A1Citizen Chiba Precision Co., Ltd.
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By later US patents
- Reflective encoder with three-dimensional code carrier112US 7,358,481 B2Avago General IP Pte Ltd · 2008
- Multi-axis joystick and transducer means therefore98US 8,094,121 B22012
- Multi-axis input apparatus87US 8,816,962 B22014
- Position and orientation measurement device81US 5,267,014 ABodenseewerk Geratetechnik GmbH · 1993
- Multi-axis joystick and transducer means therefore74US 7,474,296 B22009