G01S 7/4868
Controlling received signal intensity or exposure of sensor
Official title: {Controlling received signal intensity or exposure of sensor}
G01S7/4868 (Controlling received signal intensity or exposure of sensor) appears on 547 US grants and 752 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 752
- Assignees
- 307
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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