G01S 7/486
Receivers
G01S7/486 (Receivers) appears on 4,245 US grants and 5,855 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 4,245
- Published applications
- 5,855
- Assignees
- 1,200
- Inventors
- 7,090
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 8 |
| 2002 | 30 | 27 |
| 2003 | 27 | 24 |
| 2004 | 28 | 20 |
| 2005 | 16 | 29 |
| 2006 | 15 | 21 |
| 2007 | 25 | 24 |
| 2008 | 22 | 30 |
| 2009 | 31 | 30 |
| 2010 | 28 | 43 |
| 2011 | 28 | 37 |
| 2012 | 32 | 62 |
| 2013 | 34 | 86 |
| 2014 | 54 | 64 |
| 2015 | 83 | 103 |
| 2016 | 72 | 154 |
| 2017 | 113 | 192 |
| 2018 | 172 | 381 |
| 2019 | 264 | 447 |
| 2020 | 357 | 656 |
| 2021 | 324 | 621 |
| 2022 | 443 | 767 |
| 2023 | 564 | 714 |
| 2024 | 517 | 574 |
| 2025 | 450 | 453 |
| 2026 | 330 | 288 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G01S 7/4861Circuits for detection, sampling, integration or read-out2,168
- G01S 7/4865Time delay measurement1,776
- G01S 7/487Extracting wanted echo signals1,212
- G01S 7/4868Controlling received signal intensity or exposure of sensor547
- G01S 7/489Gain of receiver varied automatically during pulse-recurrence period93
Recent patents
- Separated type receiving device for Lidar, transmitting device for Lidar and Lidar system thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,754,293 B2Electronics and Telecommuications Research Institute
- Distance image generation device and distance image generation method6 Oct 2026US 12,754,296 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Coaxial time-of-flight optical fiber distance measurement6 Oct 2026US 12,754,314 B2Gyrus ACMI, Inc.
- Systems and methods for in-cabin monitoring with liveliness detection6 Oct 2026US 12,754,318 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Low-power photonic demodulator6 Oct 2026US 12,757,502 B2The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Recognition of light-scattering artifacts in lidar8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309849 A1
- Airborne high-precision imaging system and method for single-photon unmanned aerial vehicles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309869 A1Anhui University
- Image sensing device and photographing system including the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314096 A1SK hynix Inc.
- Signal receiving apparatus, signal processing method, and radar system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299092 A1Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
- Lidar system for measuring the velocity of fluids1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299094 A1Office National D’Etudes Et De Recherches AéRospatiales
Most cited
By later US patents
- Accident avoidance system789US 6,405,132 B1Intelligent Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles656US 5,845,000 AAutomotive Technologies International, Inc. · 1998
- Three-dimensional imaging and display system582US 8,018,579 B1Apple Inc. · 2011
- Vehicular component control systems and methods554US 6,442,465 B2Automotive Technologies International, Inc. · 2002
- Wide-view LIDAR with areas of special attention530US 9,383,753 B1Google Inc. · 2016