G01M 17/027
Using light
Official title: {using light, e.g. infrared, ultraviolet or holographic techniques}
G01M17/027 (Using light) appears on 301 US grants and 312 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01M- Granted patents
- 301
- Published applications
- 312
- Assignees
- 147
- Inventors
- 612
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2026 | 4 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tire state determination system, tire state determination apparatus, tire state determination method, and program19 May 2026US 12,631,526 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Tire state estimation method14 Apr 2026US 12,602,800 B2Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Tyre support device7 Apr 2026US 12,594,795 B2Vraia Corp, S.L.
- System and method for detecting damage to a target object using a sensed shear force3 Feb 2026US 12,540,883 B2Innovative Scientific Solutions, Inc.
- Testing apparatus, in particular tire testing apparatus21 Oct 2025US 12,449,329 B2Italmatic srl
- Groove depth calculation apparatus, groove depth calculation method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289803 A1NEC Corporation
- Method for measuring tread wear of a track23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210808 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Tire groove measuring device, tire groove measuring system, and tire groove measuring method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185824 A1Persol Avc Technology Co., Ltd.
- Tire tread examining device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168890 A1Shenzhen Smartsafe Tech Co., Ltd.
- Tire wear monitoring device and tire wear monitoring method18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168891 A1Bridgestone Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Double exposure interferometric analysis of structures and employing ambient pressure stressing135US 4,702,594 AIndustrial Holographics, Inc. · 1987
- Optical time domain reflectometer which measures an optical fiber with different wavelengths according to an order and collectively displays waveform data and a list of events for each waveform in the same screen72US 6,611,322 B1Anritsu Corporation · 2003
- Method and apparatus for dynamic measuring three-dimensional parameters of tire with laser vision60US 7,177,740 B1Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics · 2007
- Method and apparatus for testing tires46US 6,615,650 B22003
- Non-contact measuring apparatus for the section profile of a tire and its method39US 5,506,683 AKumho & Co., Inc. · 1996