G01S 17/32
Using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
Official title: using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated
G01S17/32 (Using transmission of continuous waves, whether amplitude-, frequency-, or phase-modulated, or unmodulated) appears on 2,180 US grants and 2,708 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 2,180
- Published applications
- 2,708
- Assignees
- 773
- Inventors
- 3,694
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 219 | 282 |
| 2025 | 233 | 189 |
| 2026 | 134 | 127 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Depth sensing using multiple coherent emitters6 Oct 2026US 12,754,290 B2Apple Inc.
- Image sensing device, image processing device, and imaging device including the image sensing device and the image processing device6 Oct 2026US 12,756,941 B2SK hynix Inc.
- Techniques for providing combined signal to multi-mode waveguide photodetector29 Sep 2026US 12,748,193 B2Aeva, Inc.
- Continuous wave time of flight system29 Sep 2026US 12,748,197 B2Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Machine vision system and method with multispectral light assembly22 Sep 2026US 12,744,986 B2Cognex Corporation
- Lidar sensor system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309848 A1Aurora Operations, Inc.
- Techniques for alignment of target and local oscillator beams to photodiode detector1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299248 A1Aeva, Inc.
- System and method enabling connected and autonomous vehicles (cavs) using wireless communication1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301564 A1
- Method of scanning a lidar system for gas detection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276824 A1QLM Technology Ltd
- Lidar system with radiative waveguide array or radiative waveguide surface and feed waveguide10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266959 A1AUMOVIO Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Three-dimensional imaging and display system582US 8,018,579 B1Apple Inc. · 2011
- 3D depth point cloud from timing flight of 2D scanned light beam pulses305US 9,285,477 B1Apple Inc. · 2016
- Method and system to avoid inter-system interference for phase-based time-of-flight systems202US 7,405,812 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2008
- Surgical visualization and monitoring193US 11,369,366 B2Cilag GmbH International · 2022
- CMOS-compatible three-dimensional image sensing using reduced peak energy193US 6,587,186 B2Canesta, Inc. · 2003