G01S 13/9052
Spotlight mode
Official title: {Spotlight mode}
G01S13/9052 (Spotlight mode) appears on 53 US grants and 45 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 45
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 98
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Innovative method for the detection of deformed or damaged structures based on the use of single SAR images24 Feb 2026US 12,560,701 B2Planetek Italia S.R.L.
- Multi-static synthetic aperture radar using low earth orbit collection16 Dec 2025US 12,500,662 B2ViaSat, Inc.
- Satellite with spot light mode for extended duration target imaging16 Sep 2025US 12,415,621 B2Iceye Oy
- System for extraction of a region of interest (ROI) from a composite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system phase history25 Mar 2025US 12,259,466 B2The Boeing Company
- Method for performing SAR acquisitions with enhanced azimuth resolution25 Feb 2025US 12,235,352 B2Thales Alena Space Italia S.p.A. Con Unico Socio
- Multi-static synthetic aperture radar using low earth orbit collection26 Mar 2026US 2026/0088894 A1ViaSat, Inc.
- Satellite with spot light mode for extended duration target imaging11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376272 A1Iceye Oy
- Method and computer system adapted for enhancing resolutions of synthetic aperture radar (sar) collections5 Jun 2025US 2025/0180694 A1
- Multi-spot imaging using synthetic aperture radar15 May 2025US 2025/0155568 A1Iceye Oy
- Satellite with spot light mode for extended duration target imaging9 May 2024US 2024/0150040 A1Iceye Oy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-dimensional underground imaging radar system178US 5,673,050 A1997
- Frequency agile synthetic aperture radar57US 4,851,848 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy · 1989
- Synthetic aperture radar clutter reduction system36US 5,546,084 ATRW Inc. · 1996
- Method of processing spotlight SAR raw data31US 6,222,933 B1Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. · 2001
- Method for developing and using an image reconstruction algorithm for multipath scattering28US 7,259,715 B1Science Applications International Corporation · 2007