G01S 1/76
Systems for determining direction or position line
G01S1/76 (Systems for determining direction or position line) appears on 63 US grants and 78 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 78
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 1/80Using a comparison of transit time of synchronised signals transmitted from non-directional27
- G01S 1/763Using the doppler shift introduced by the relative motion between beacon and10
- G01S 1/78Using amplitude comparison of signals transmitted from transducers or transducer systems having5
- G01S 1/82Rotating or oscillating beam beacons defining directions in the plane of rotation4
- G01S 1/766Conical-scan beam beacons transmitting signals which indicate at a mobile receiver any0
Recent patents
- Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for locating mobile devices by using photoacoustically-generated audio signals7 Apr 2026US 12,596,171 B2Nokia Technologies Oy
- System and method for enabling determination of a position of a receiver within a space21 Oct 2025US 12,449,498 B2Takemetuit Inc.
- Audio device with ultrasound movement detection16 Sep 2025US 12,418,753 B2Gn Audio A/S
- Acoustic positioning transmitter and receiver system and method20 May 2025US 12,307,166 B2Sonitor Technologies AS
- Method for detecting moving target based on spatial slices of transformed spatio-temporal frequency space22 Apr 2025US 12,282,092 B2Harbin Engineering University
- Estimating Loudspeaker Elevation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276771 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Electronic device, positioning method thereof, and medium2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093033 A1Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- System and method for enabling determination of a position of a receiver within a space29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029499 A1Takemetuit Inc.
- Indoor location position system and method17 Jul 2025US 2025/0231269 A1
- Underwater positioning system and method20 Mar 2025US 2025/0093459 A1Aomi Construction Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for presence detection71US 9,264,151 B1shopkick, Inc. · 2016
- Local positioning system for automated lawn mowers47US 8,027,761 B12011
- Target location systems19US 4,253,166 APlessey Handel und Investments AG · 1981
- Method and system for presence detection17US 9,697,539 B2shopkick, Inc. · 2017
- Range-finding and object-positioning systems and methods using same15US 10,051,599 B2Zerokey Inc. · 2018