G04F 13/02
Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by means not provided for in
Official title: using optical means
G04F13/02 (Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by means not provided for in) appears on 98 US grants and 58 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G04F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 58
- Assignees
- 79
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- 233
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Highly charged nickel ion optical clock and its implementation21 Jul 2026US 12,687,820 B2Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Cas
- Phase stable signal generator and signal distribution system24 Mar 2026US 12,587,281 B2ORCA Computing Limited
- Imaging method and apparatus3 Feb 2026US 12,539,023 B2The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
- Astrophysical timing derived from photometric relative phase measurements of periodic stellar variability6 Jan 2026US 12,517,468 B2The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Real-time measurement method and system for ultrafast space-time-frequency information based on space-time-frequency compression31 Dec 2024US 12,181,841 B2South China University of Technology
- Oxygen-responsive expiration date indicator16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202800 A1
- Highly charged nickel ion optical clock and its implementation28 May 2026US 2026/0147318 A1Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Cas
- A method and a system for measuring the time of a moving object using a mobile device having a camera incorporated therein and a time measurement device31 Jul 2025US 2025/0246028 A1Mt Sport Ehf.
- Estimating time outdoors and in daylight based on ambient light, motion and location sensing27 Mar 2025US 2025/0103011 A1Apple Inc.
- Astrophysical Timing Derived from Photometric Relative Phase Measurements of Periodic Stellar Variability26 Dec 2024US 2024/0427295 A1The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
Most cited
By later US patents
- Event recording system with digital line camera146US 5,657,077 A1997
- Very fast time resolved imaging in multiparameter measurement space58US 7,227,116 B2Arete Associates · 2007
- Apparatus for judging the order of arrival of racers at a goal in a race and the time taken for the race, having a plurality of line sensor cameras56US 5,671,010 AHitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Apparatus for detecting a photon pulse52US 6,049,079 AStichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie · 2000
- Event recording apparatus52US 6,542,183 B1Lynx Systems Developers, Inc. · 2003