G01S 13/46
Indirect determination of position data
G01S13/46 (Indirect determination of position data) appears on 840 US grants and 1,031 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
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| 2026 | 45 | 66 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 2013/466By trilateration, i.e. two antennas or two sensors determine separately the distanceIndexing code270
- G01S 13/48Using multiple beams at emission or reception217
- G01S 2013/468By triangulation, i.e. two antennas or two sensors determine separately the bearingIndexing code203
- G01S 2013/462Using multipath signalsIndexing code160
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- Identifying devices within transmissions within a sensing network24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292515 A1Cognitive Systems Corp.
- Method for assisting in the landing of an aircraft17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279205 A1Safran Electronics & Defense
- Method, vehicle and system for weed control management10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262561 A1Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
- Smart surveillance data processing systems for safe uncrewed aircraft and surface vessel operation beyond visual line of sight10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266988 A1Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc.
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By later US patents
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- Electronically agile dual beam antenna system252US 6,768,456 B1Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · 2004
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