G01S 11/14
Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using
Official title: using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
G01S11/14 (Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation: using) appears on 522 US grants and 513 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 522
- Published applications
- 513
- Assignees
- 313
- Inventors
- 1,125
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 8 | 14 |
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| 2024 | 33 | 21 |
| 2025 | 30 | 23 |
| 2026 | 14 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Positioning using traffic control11 Aug 2026US 12,705,978 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof4 Aug 2026US 12,700,383 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Helmet with actuated earpiece4 Aug 2026US 12,700,392 B2Polaris Industries Inc.
- Electronic device and method, in electronic device, for determining whether object is near7 Jul 2026US 12,674,876 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Underwater drift tracking system based on maritime positioning platform23 Jun 2026US 12,663,500 B2Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
- Registration Plate Lighting Device for Illuminating a Registration Plate of a Motor Vehicle, Arrangement and Method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241857 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Asset tracking using acoustic waves20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247325 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Devices, systems and methods of informational signal synchronization using a reference signal6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227366 A1Kenwave Solutions Inc.
- Positioning using traffic control23 Jul 2026US 2026/0212757 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Distance determination to physical object16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202530 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
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