G01S 2201/02
Indoor positioning
Official title: Indoor positioning, e.g. in covered car-parks, mining facilities, warehouses
G01S2201/02 (Indoor positioning) appears on 130 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 130
- Published applications
- 160
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 227
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2013 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 29 |
| 2017 | 6 | 19 |
| 2018 | 19 | 15 |
| 2019 | 24 | 17 |
| 2020 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems, devices and methods for determining item availability in a shopping space11 Aug 2026US 12,703,614 B2Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Sending time determination method and device, and indoor goniometric method and device21 Oct 2025US 12,452,815 B2Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
- Cooperative positioning method and apparatus30 Sep 2025US 12,429,549 B2Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Overriding control of motorized transport unit systems, devices and methods22 Jul 2025US 12,366,043 B2Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Indoor positioning system and method, and communication-navigation integrated system3 Jun 2025US 12,323,193 B2Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co., Ltd.
- Gas sensing sytem and method6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227363 A1Nditive3D Inc.
- System and method for enabling determination of a position of a receiver within a space29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029499 A1Takemetuit Inc.
- Method, system, and control unit for determining a position of a first wireless device in an underground environment23 Oct 2025US 2025/0330943 A1Epiroc Rock Drills Aktiebolag
- Apparatus and method of monitoring product placement within a shopping facility19 Dec 2024US 2024/0417941 A1Walmart Apollo, LLC
- Geolocationing System and Method for Use of Same17 Oct 2024US 2024/0345203 A1Enseo, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for modulating a light source in a light based positioning system using a DC bias176US 8,334,901 B1Bytelight, Inc. · 2012
- IR/RF locator156US 5,917,425 AWireless Communiations Products, LLC · 1999
- System and method for determining positioning information via modulated light130US 7,969,297 B2Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB · 2011
- Providing indoor location, position, or tracking of a mobile computer using sensors87US 8,284,100 B2HJ Laboratories, LLC · 2012
- Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods81US 9,801,517 B2Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 2017