G05B 2219/37283
Photoelectric sensor
G05B2219/37283 (Photoelectric sensor) appears on 21 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05B- Granted patents
- 21
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 17
- Inventors
- 65
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Location determination in a photovoltaic system21 Jul 2026US 12,687,833 B2Tigo Energy, Inc.
- Picking system, control device, picking method, and storage medium16 Jun 2026US 12,654,327 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Solar board system6 Jan 2026US 12,517,497 B2
- Maximizing solar panel power generation with shadow energy generation9 Sep 2025US 12,411,476 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Operation method and system for distributed generation17 Sep 2024US 12,094,013 B2Sun Electric Digital Stream Ltd.
- Stowing of photovoltaic (pv) modules in response to weather event forecasts16 Jan 2025US 2025/0021079 A1Array Tech, Inc.
- Operation method and system for distributed generation9 Jan 2025US 2025/0014124 A1Sun Electric Digital Stream Ltd.
- Location determination in a photovoltaic system26 Dec 2024US 2024/0427300 A1Tigo Energy, Inc.
- Location determination in a photovoltaic system26 Dec 2024US 2024/0429860 A1Tigo Energy, Inc.
- Maximizing solar panel power generation with shadow energy generation13 Jun 2024US 2024/0192660 A1International Business Machines Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for automated positioning of a substrate in a processing chamber138US 5,483,138 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1996
- On the fly center-finding during substrate handling in a processing system87US 6,198,976 B1APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2001
- Methods for the in-process detection of workpieces with a monochromatic light source54US 5,961,369 ASpeedFam-IPEC Corporation · 1999
- Method and apparatus for determining substrate offset using optimization techniques48US 6,629,053 B1Lam Research Corporation · 2003
- Apparatus for the in-process detection of workpieces in a CMP environment45US 5,733,171 ASpeedfam Corporation · 1998