G01S 17/06
Systems determining position data of a target
G01S17/06 (Systems determining position data of a target) appears on 11,790 US grants and 14,598 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 11,790
- Published applications
- 14,598
- Assignees
- 3,198
- Inventors
- 19,565
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 40 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 44 | 0 |
| 1993 | 60 | 0 |
| 1994 | 54 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | 64 | 0 |
| 1998 | 100 | 0 |
| 1999 | 74 | 0 |
| 2000 | 81 | 0 |
| 2001 | 59 | 17 |
| 2002 | 82 | 85 |
| 2003 | 74 | 84 |
| 2004 | 79 | 79 |
| 2005 | 51 | 98 |
| 2006 | 62 | 89 |
| 2007 | 71 | 103 |
| 2008 | 89 | 118 |
| 2009 | 101 | 131 |
| 2010 | 122 | 173 |
| 2011 | 110 | 175 |
| 2012 | 122 | 220 |
| 2013 | 147 | 210 |
| 2014 | 219 | 263 |
| 2015 | 244 | 426 |
| 2016 | 253 | 498 |
| 2017 | 433 | 646 |
| 2018 | 558 | 1036 |
| 2019 | 800 | 1188 |
| 2020 | 973 | 1456 |
| 2021 | 856 | 1543 |
| 2022 | 1106 | 1596 |
| 2023 | 1314 | 1482 |
| 2024 | 1159 | 1252 |
| 2025 | 1042 | 995 |
| 2026 | 669 | 635 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Binaural hearing system with distributed sensors, and method of its operation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,204 B2Sonova AG
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and sensing system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,289 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Depth sensing using multiple coherent emitters6 Oct 2026US 12,754,290 B2Apple Inc.
- Active optical sensor providing near and far field target detection6 Oct 2026US 12,754,292 B2Apple Inc.
- Optical apparatus, in-vehicle system including optical apparatus, and moving apparatus including optical apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,754,294 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for localizing and positioning solar module arrays8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309494 A1Planted Solar, Inc.
- Overhead powerline detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309751 A1Komatsu Australia Pty Ltd
- Optical terminal for lidar and optical communication and method for operating8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309833 A1Airbus SAS
- Distance measurement device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309847 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Lidar sensor system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309848 A1Aurora Operations, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for detecting objects external to a vehicle669US 7,202,776 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2007
- Three-dimensional imaging and display system582US 8,018,579 B1Apple Inc. · 2011
- Wide-view LIDAR with areas of special attention530US 9,383,753 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Laser range camera460US 5,682,229 ASchwartz Electro-Optics, Inc. · 1997
- Method of sensing the position and orientation of elements in space416US 4,396,945 ASolid Photography Inc. · 1983