G01S 17/46
Indirect determination of position data
G01S17/46 (Indirect determination of position data) appears on 1,516 US grants and 1,429 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 1,516
- Published applications
- 1,429
- Assignees
- 729
- Inventors
- 2,824
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 1 |
| 2002 | 19 | 22 |
| 2003 | 20 | 11 |
| 2004 | 17 | 16 |
| 2005 | 6 | 19 |
| 2006 | 12 | 22 |
| 2007 | 14 | 24 |
| 2008 | 18 | 16 |
| 2009 | 26 | 21 |
| 2010 | 25 | 31 |
| 2011 | 14 | 37 |
| 2012 | 20 | 38 |
| 2013 | 28 | 36 |
| 2014 | 43 | 50 |
| 2015 | 32 | 79 |
| 2016 | 44 | 75 |
| 2017 | 69 | 88 |
| 2018 | 83 | 122 |
| 2019 | 109 | 129 |
| 2020 | 107 | 143 |
| 2021 | 98 | 97 |
| 2022 | 93 | 96 |
| 2023 | 96 | 95 |
| 2024 | 84 | 68 |
| 2025 | 65 | 51 |
| 2026 | 32 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Position measurement method, position measurement systems and marking6 Oct 2026US 12,754,315 B2Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Optical detection of objects having irregular surfaces25 Aug 2026US 12,717,029 B2Datalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
- Ranging device25 Aug 2026US 12,717,033 B2Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Method for measuring a distance between an object and an optical sensor, control device for carrying out such a method, distance measuring apparatus comprising such a control device, and motor vehicle comprising such a distance measuring apparatus25 Aug 2026US 12,717,037 B2Daimler Truck AG
- Optical sensor18 Aug 2026US 12,710,325 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- System and Method for Non-Magnetic and Touchless Sucker Rod Inspection and Evaluation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298073 A1
- Method of image processing for a motor vehicle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301416 A1Magna Electronics Sweden AB
- Lidar with adaptive laser point density17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276821 A1
- Laser triangulation sensor arrangement3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259323 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- System and techniques for improving in-room person detection27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251790 A1Apple Inc.
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By later US patents
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- Method and apparatus for three-dimensional non-contact shape sensing404US 5,198,877 APixSys, Inc. · 1993
- CMOS-compatible three-dimensional image sensor IC380US 6,323,942 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2001
- Self gating photosurface352US 7,202,898 B13DV Systems Ltd. · 2007
- Methods for enhancing performance and data acquired from three-dimensional image systems331US 6,512,838 B1Canesta, Inc. · 2003