G01S 2015/939
Vertical stacking of sensors
Official title: {vertical stacking of sensors, e.g. to enable obstacle height determination}
G01S2015/939 (Vertical stacking of sensors) appears on 32 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Obstacle detection system for vehicles moving in reverse205US 5,574,426 AInsys Ltd. · 1996
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- Autonomous moving apparatus having obstacle avoidance function18US 6,515,614 B2Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 2003