G01L 5/166
Using photoelectric means
Official title: using photoelectric means
G01L5/166 (Using photoelectric means) appears on 125 US grants and 135 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
- Optical tactile sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,754,084 B2The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
- Optical sensor18 Aug 2026US 12,710,325 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Friction-based tactile sensor for measuring grip security14 Jul 2026US 12,678,972 B2Contactile Pty Ltd
- Optical force sensor device with reflective displacement measurement16 Jun 2026US 12,656,196 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Outsole-embedded optoelectronic sensor to measure shear ground reaction forces during locomotion19 May 2026US 12,631,535 B2The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
- Tactile sensor module, tactile sensor module training system, and tactile sensor system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266674 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Smart robotic skins with tactile, stretch and temperature sensing based on optical sensing via optical fiber27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251516 A1
- Orientational color-based deformation sensor and systems and methods using the same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210700 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- 6-axis force torque sensor based on photocoupler and method of sensing 6-axis force torque based on photocoupler measurement2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185882 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- End effector, end effector control device, and method for controlling gripper19 Mar 2026US 2026/0077486 A1Osaka University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Multi-force sensing surgical instrument and method of use for robotic surgical systems241US 9,549,781 B2The Johns Hopkins University · 2017
- Force and torque converter138US 4,811,608 ASpatial Systems Pty Limited · 1989
- Force and torque converter114US 5,591,924 ASpacetec IMC Corporation · 1997
- Arrangement for the detection for relative movements or relative position of two objects107US 6,804,012 B23D Connection GmbH · 2004
- Tactile sensor for an industrial robot or the like95US 4,521,685 ALord Corporation · 1985