G01S 1/08
Systems for determining direction or position line
G01S1/08 (Systems for determining direction or position line) appears on 1,027 US grants and 833 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 1,027
- Published applications
- 833
- Assignees
- 478
- Inventors
- 1,714
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 53 | 0 |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 |
| 1978 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 16 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 13 | 12 |
| 2004 | 2 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 7 |
| 2007 | 9 | 19 |
| 2008 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 |
| 2010 | 10 | 20 |
| 2011 | 9 | 14 |
| 2012 | 24 | 34 |
| 2013 | 19 | 27 |
| 2014 | 24 | 29 |
| 2015 | 23 | 36 |
| 2016 | 33 | 48 |
| 2017 | 43 | 61 |
| 2018 | 41 | 51 |
| 2019 | 54 | 70 |
| 2020 | 59 | 74 |
| 2021 | 53 | 67 |
| 2022 | 64 | 67 |
| 2023 | 69 | 55 |
| 2024 | 37 | 37 |
| 2025 | 43 | 27 |
| 2026 | 21 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 1/20Using a comparison of transit time of synchronised signals transmitted from non-directional409
- G01S 1/44Rotating or oscillating beam beacons defining directions in the plane of rotation184
- G01S 1/14Using amplitude comparison of signals transmitted simultaneously from antennas or antenna systems146
- G01S 1/38Using comparison of [1] the phase of the envelope of the change54
- G01S 1/10Using amplitude comparison of signals transmitted sequentially from antennas or antenna systems30
- G01S 1/42Conical-scan beacons transmitting signals which indicate at a mobile receiver any displacement6
Recent patents
- Ultra-wideband location systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,756,996 B2Be Spoon
- Tracking a moving radio beacon15 Sep 2026US 12,736,606 B2
- Coded anchors for simple localization8 Sep 2026US 12,730,175 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Reducing measurement and reporting overhead for aerial vehicles25 Aug 2026US 12,716,978 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Method and apparatus for determining positioning parameter, device and storage medium11 Aug 2026US 12,704,580 B2Purple Mountain Laboratories
- Method for processing a one-dimensional signal, corresponding device and program10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266943 A1
- Beam squint profiling, indication, and reporting for positioning and sensing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251747 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Loran Transmitter, Receiver, System and Method of Operating Same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243859 A1Continental Electronics Corp.
- Dynamic application of received signal time difference locating in mobile networks16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202500 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Wireless broadcast based location guidance18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172776 A1Intel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods436US 7,332,890 B2iRobot Corporation · 2008
- Remote object position and orientation locater391US 4,314,251 AThe Austin Company · 1982
- Tracking and determining orientation of object using coordinate transformation means, system and process358US 3,983,474 APolhemus Navigation Sciences, Inc. · 1976
- Automated package delivery to a delivery receptacle324US 9,244,147 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Apparatus for generating a nutating electromagnetic field282US 4,017,858 APolhemus Navigation Sciences, Inc. · 1977