G01S 5/0295
Proximity-based methods
Official title: {Proximity-based methods, e.g. position inferred from reception of particular signals}
G01S5/0295 (Proximity-based methods) appears on 614 US grants and 731 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cross-correlation of time domain signals due to motion proximity15 Sep 2026US 12,736,607 B2Cognitive Systems Corp.
- Gifted digital picture frame15 Sep 2026US 12,739,326 B2Aura Home, Inc.
- Tags for locating system of medical facility4 Aug 2026US 12,700,502 B2Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
- System and method for isolating and locating wireless phones4 Aug 2026US 12,701,537 B2Cognyte Technologies Israel Ltd.
- Position determination system and position determination method21 Jul 2026US 12,687,605 B2Denso Corporation
- Position accuracy estimation for geolocation systems24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287705 A1PHY Wireless, LLC
- Methods and devices for confirming proximity of a device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0197683 A1Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Non-transitory storage medium, information processing apparatus, and information processing method4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153592 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus4 Jun 2026US 2026/0156231 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method For Estimating A Current Geographical Region Of A Device14 May 2026US 2026/0136319 A1NXP B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Location system adapted for use in multipath environments650US 5,119,104 A1992
- Method and apparatus for geographic-based communications service536US 5,835,061 AWayport, Inc. · 1998
- Autonomous vehicle travel control systems and methods434US 7,979,173 B2Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2011
- System for hybrid wired and wireless geographic-based communications service374US 5,969,678 AWayport, Inc. · 1999
- System and method for providing geographic-based advertising374US 6,452,498 B2Wayport, Inc. · 2002