G01V 8/18
Using mechanical scanning systems
Official title: using mechanical scanning systems
G01V8/18 (Using mechanical scanning systems) appears on 50 US grants and 42 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01V- Granted patents
- 50
- Published applications
- 42
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Object detection system and article display shelf1 Jul 2025US 12,345,813 B2NEC Corporation
- Electromagnetic wave detection apparatus and information acquisition system11 Mar 2025US 12,248,072 B2KYOCERA Corporation
- System and method for foreign object detection in wireless power transfer14 Jan 2025US 12,199,450 B2Korea Electronics Technology Institute
- Optical scanning apparatus, object detection apparatus17 Jul 2025US 2025/0231318 A1Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.
- Terahertz signal-based image collection method and image collection system12 Jun 2025US 2025/0189445 A1Nuctech Company Limited
- Geological Surface-Scanning Apparatus18 Jul 2024US 2024/0241285 A1PlotLogic Pty Ltd
- Line-of-sight sensor mounting system and method22 Feb 2024US 2024/0060811 A1Troo Corporation
- Land subsidence detection apparatus30 Nov 2023US 2023/0384477 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotary beam light curtain50US 4,107,522 AErwin Sick GmbH Optik-Elektronik · 1978
- Optical apparatus28US 4,127,771 AErwin Sick GmbH Optik-Elektronik · 1978
- Method and apparatus for area and perimeter security with reflection counting28US 4,893,005 ADevelopment/Consulting Associates · 1990
- Optical apparatus for producing a light curtain26US 4,052,120 AErwin Sick GmbH Optik-Elektronik · 1977
- Photoelectric light curtain using retroreflector21US 4,239,961 A1980