G01S 1/70
Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable
Official title: using electromagnetic waves other than radio waves
G01S1/70 (Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable) appears on 424 US grants and 430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 424
- Published applications
- 430
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 749
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 10 |
| 2008 | 10 | 13 |
| 2009 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 10 | 13 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 25 |
| 2016 | 11 | 40 |
| 2017 | 28 | 39 |
| 2018 | 47 | 43 |
| 2019 | 42 | 43 |
| 2020 | 44 | 40 |
| 2021 | 31 | 37 |
| 2022 | 23 | 24 |
| 2023 | 28 | 16 |
| 2024 | 22 | 9 |
| 2025 | 14 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems, devices and methods for determining item availability in a shopping space11 Aug 2026US 12,703,614 B2Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Communication systems, controls, control methods, and programs23 Jun 2026US 12,663,497 B2NTT, Inc.
- Optical localization system16 Jun 2026US 12,659,438 B2Ubiquicom S.R.L.
- Electromagnetic tracking with augmented reality systems20 Jan 2026US 12,529,895 B2Magic Leap, Inc.
- Infrared beacon for location sharing30 Dec 2025US 12,510,667 B2Apple Inc.
- Imaging lens and imaging device equipped with same2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186240 A1Daicel Corporation
- System for navigating an aircraft based on infrared beacon signals2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188126 A1Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
- Device-finding using light sources on hearing instruments2 Jul 2026US 2026/0189860 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Determining relative positional data of objects21 May 2026US 2026/0140221 A1
- Electromagnetic tracking with augmented reality systems30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118670 A1Magic Leap, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for performing mobile robotic work operations478US 5,974,348 A1999
- Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods436US 7,332,890 B2iRobot Corporation · 2008
- Automated package delivery to a delivery receptacle324US 9,244,147 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Optical fiber probe for position measurement222US 5,907,395 AImage Guided Technologies, Inc. · 1999
- Method and system for modulating a light source in a light based positioning system using a DC bias176US 8,334,901 B1Bytelight, Inc. · 2012