G01S 3/00
Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic
Official title: Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received (position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00)
G01S3/00 (Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic) appears on 6,691 US grants and 5,411 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 6,691
- Published applications
- 5,411
- Assignees
- 2,400
- Inventors
- 12,174
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 73 | 0 |
| 1977 | 64 | 0 |
| 1978 | 76 | 0 |
| 1979 | 63 | 0 |
| 1980 | 72 | 0 |
| 1981 | 65 | 0 |
| 1982 | 58 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 38 | 0 |
| 1985 | 33 | 0 |
| 1986 | 46 | 0 |
| 1987 | 71 | 0 |
| 1988 | 43 | 0 |
| 1989 | 58 | 0 |
| 1990 | 65 | 0 |
| 1991 | 96 | 0 |
| 1992 | 68 | 0 |
| 1993 | 89 | 0 |
| 1994 | 92 | 0 |
| 1995 | 85 | 0 |
| 1996 | 95 | 0 |
| 1997 | 80 | 0 |
| 1998 | 103 | 0 |
| 1999 | 104 | 0 |
| 2000 | 94 | 0 |
| 2001 | 119 | 16 |
| 2002 | 100 | 84 |
| 2003 | 85 | 113 |
| 2004 | 109 | 105 |
| 2005 | 78 | 103 |
| 2006 | 80 | 142 |
| 2007 | 97 | 110 |
| 2008 | 103 | 137 |
| 2009 | 103 | 173 |
| 2010 | 128 | 184 |
| 2011 | 141 | 205 |
| 2012 | 164 | 225 |
| 2013 | 164 | 204 |
| 2014 | 180 | 220 |
| 2015 | 208 | 249 |
| 2016 | 223 | 298 |
| 2017 | 263 | 249 |
| 2018 | 285 | 329 |
| 2019 | 346 | 361 |
| 2020 | 322 | 336 |
| 2021 | 330 | 376 |
| 2022 | 298 | 291 |
| 2023 | 299 | 311 |
| 2024 | 297 | 258 |
| 2025 | 255 | 207 |
| 2026 | 156 | 125 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 3/02Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic2,856
- G01S 3/78Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic2,538
- G01S 3/80Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic1,394
Recent patents
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- Marking and method for position determination, and associated camera system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,278 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
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- Device for estimating a direction pointing toward an irradiating source29 Sep 2026US 12,748,172 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Method for determining a direction from which an emergency vehicle is approaching a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309827 A1Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- System and method for tunable acoustic direction sensing using a capacitively coupled circuit1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299074 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Golf club head with improved striking face24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287703 A1Acushnet Company
- Systems, methods and apparatus for determining object position17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276772 A1
- Sound direction sensor-based acoustic camera and related systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276773 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicular position monitoring system with integral mirror video display712US 5,793,308 ASensorvision Technologies, L.L.C. · 1998
- Cellular telephone location system707US 5,327,144 AAssociated RT, Inc. · 1994
- Distance measuring apparatus of a target tracking type617US 5,515,448 AYazaki Corporation · 1996
- Vehicle tracking system518US 5,218,367 ATrackmobile LLC · 1993
- Tracking system and method for tracking a movable object carrying a cellular phone unit, and integrated personal protection system incorporating the tracking system511US 5,515,419 ATrackmobile LLC · 1996