G01S 15/8902
Side-looking sonar
Official title: {Side-looking sonar}
G01S15/8902 (Side-looking sonar) appears on 322 US grants and 280 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 322
- Published applications
- 280
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 445
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 12 | 16 |
| 2016 | 15 | 31 |
| 2017 | 14 | 21 |
| 2018 | 20 | 16 |
| 2019 | 16 | 18 |
| 2020 | 11 | 19 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 |
| 2023 | 18 | 7 |
| 2024 | 14 | 21 |
| 2025 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026 | 11 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Beamforming sonar system with improved sonar image functionality, and associated methods15 Sep 2026US 12,736,670 B2Navico, Inc.
- Neural volumetric reconstruction for coherent synthetic aperture sonar15 Sep 2026US 12,736,671 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Systems and methods of sparse orthogonal diverging wave ultrasound imaging25 Aug 2026US 12,717,028 B2Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.
- Underwater sonar device and underwater detecting system2 Jun 2026US 12,643,645 B2Nanfoon Applied Technologies Ltd.
- Beamforming sonar systems for side live sonar, and associated methods21 Apr 2026US 12,607,742 B2Navico, Inc.
- Segmented transducer electrode for directional power distribution of sonar energy and control system therefor13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235755 A1Johnson Outdoors Inc.
- Method and system for mapping a subsurface target region30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219410 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Steerable sonar mounting system2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186133 A1Garmin International, Inc.
- Method and system for mammal detection2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186135 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Method and system for mapping a region18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169161 A1Fnv IP B.V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for coherent image formation124US 5,623,928 AAcuson Corporation · 1997
- Imaging methods and apparatus using model-based array signal processing90US 6,130,641 ASimon Fraser University · 2000
- Sonar imaging system for mounting to watercraft90US 7,652,952 B2Johnson Outdoors Inc. · 2010
- Linear and circular downscan imaging sonar85US 8,300,499 B2Navico, Inc. · 2012
- Synthetic underwater visualization system84US 9,702,966 B2Appareo Systems, LLC · 2017