G01S 7/4918
Controlling received signal intensity, gain or exposure of sensor
Official title: {Controlling received signal intensity, gain or exposure of sensor}
G01S7/4918 (Controlling received signal intensity, gain or exposure of sensor) appears on 143 US grants and 171 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 143
- Published applications
- 171
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 356
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 14 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Apparatus and method for cancellation of scattered light in lidar sensors11 Aug 2026US 12,704,610 B2Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.
- Distance measurement sensor with multiple memory nodes16 Jun 2026US 12,656,492 B2Teledyne E2V Semiconductors SAS
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- Circuitry and method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251796 A1Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
- Lidar device and operation method therefor16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104494 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Techniques for equalizing powers of multiple local oscillator beams using optical attenuators2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093036 A1Aeva, Inc.
- Increasing range of imaging systems19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079244 A1SiLC Technologies, Inc.
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