G04F 10/10
Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means: by measuring electric
Official title: by measuring electric or magnetic quantities changing in proportion to time
G04F10/10 (Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electric means: by measuring electric) appears on 133 US grants and 87 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04F- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 87
- Assignees
- 86
- Inventors
- 202
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
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| 2019 | 9 | 11 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Time-to-digital converter-based device6 Jan 2026US 12,517,467 B2National University of Singapore
- Analog-to-time converter17 Jun 2025US 12,332,606 B2Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Time-to-digital converter using voltage as a representation of time offset6 May 2025US 12,292,716 B2Anokiwave, Inc.
- Non-contact system and method for detecting fluid flow23 Apr 2024US 11,965,321 B2Zurn Water, LLC
- Techniques for producing a flat film surface in additive fabrication and related systems and methods23 Jan 2024US 11,878,467 B2Formlabs, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for ascertaining sampling points of a signal pulse5 Dec 2024US 2024/0402655 A1
- Time-to-digital converter-based device11 Jul 2024US 2024/0231282 A9National University of Singapore
- Time-to-digital converter using voltage as a representation of time offset4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219867 A1Anokiwave, Inc.
- Time-to-digital converter-based device25 Apr 2024US 2024/0134319 A1National University of Singapore
- Analog-to-time converter11 Apr 2024US 2024/0118665 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compact laser-based distance measuring apparatus71US 5,926,260 ALaser Technology, Inc. · 1999
- Self-calibrating precision timing circuit and method for a laser range finder51US 6,226,077 B1Laser Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Measuring a long time period37US 7,460,441 B2Microchip Technology Incorporated · 2008
- Self-calibrating precision timing circuit and method for a laser range finder36US 6,057,910 ALaser Technology, Inc. · 2000
- Self-calibrating precision timing circuit and method for a laser range finder33US 6,445,444 B1Laser Technology, Inc. · 2002