G01S 5/0231
Emergency, distress or locator beacons
Official title: {Emergency, distress or locator beacons}
G01S5/0231 (Emergency, distress or locator beacons) appears on 192 US grants and 225 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 192
- Published applications
- 225
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 468
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 19 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 | 20 |
| 2019 | 13 | 16 |
| 2020 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021 | 16 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 20 |
| 2023 | 10 | 18 |
| 2024 | 17 | 18 |
| 2025 | 14 | 10 |
| 2026 | 12 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Co-presence presentation system6 Oct 2026US 12,754,024 B2Uber Technologies, Inc.
- Beacon-based location detection22 Sep 2026US 12,742,848 B2Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
- Virtual reality assisted security and distress location determination25 Aug 2026US 12,718,497 B2Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc.
- Security system for real-time interaction with a network of wearable user devices11 Aug 2026US 12,704,583 B2Truist Bank
- Radar sensor-based bio-inspired autonomous mobile robot using BLE location tracking for disaster rescue14 Jul 2026US 12,681,475 B2
- Car sharing system and control device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220733 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and Methods for Users to Avoid Active Danger and Get to a Safety Zone18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170939 A1Grycephie
- Assisting another vehicle operating nearby to determine location30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118466 A1Volvo Car Corporation
- Dual Mode Wander Management and Elopement Prevention System2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093307 A1
- Co-presence presentation system5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063431 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)225US 9,674,684 B12017
- Locator system for processing commercial 911 requests221US 7,260,378 B22007
- Beacon deployment for use with location based services (LBS)112US 9,538,332 B12017
- Beacon deployment enabling location based services (LBS) in an urban or city environment91US 9,961,507 B12018
- GPS integrated ELT system71US 5,367,306 A1994