G01S 17/10
Using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves
Official title: using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves (determination of distance by phase measurements G01S17/32)
G01S17/10 (Using transmission of interrupted, pulse-modulated waves) appears on 3,808 US grants and 4,952 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Laser rangefinder with integrated imaging system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,321 B2Torrey Pines Logic, Inc.
- LiDAR device and control method for LiDAR device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,190 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Detection apparatus and method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,195 B2Ningbo ABAX Sensing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Distance measurement device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309847 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Airborne high-precision imaging system and method for single-photon unmanned aerial vehicles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309869 A1Anhui University
- Distance image capturing element and distance image capturing device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299095 A1Toppan Holdings Inc.
- Techniques for Combining Optical Beams into Shared Spatial Mode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299102 A1Aeva, Inc.
- Tuneable lidar systems and related methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287719 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
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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
- CMOS-compatible three-dimensional image sensor IC380US 6,323,942 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2001