G05D 1/00
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or
Official title: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00)
G05D1/00 (Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or) appears on 36,673 US grants and 44,231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 36,673
- Published applications
- 44,231
- Assignees
- 6,613
- Inventors
- 56,746
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 56 | 0 |
| 1977 | 70 | 0 |
| 1978 | 60 | 0 |
| 1979 | 33 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 45 | 0 |
| 1982 | 51 | 0 |
| 1983 | 45 | 0 |
| 1984 | 40 | 0 |
| 1985 | 45 | 0 |
| 1986 | 67 | 0 |
| 1987 | 75 | 0 |
| 1988 | 87 | 0 |
| 1989 | 112 | 0 |
| 1990 | 76 | 0 |
| 1991 | 117 | 0 |
| 1992 | 90 | 0 |
| 1993 | 89 | 0 |
| 1994 | 104 | 0 |
| 1995 | 75 | 0 |
| 1996 | 95 | 0 |
| 1997 | 108 | 0 |
| 1998 | 123 | 0 |
| 1999 | 129 | 0 |
| 2000 | 133 | 0 |
| 2001 | 127 | 25 |
| 2002 | 123 | 112 |
| 2003 | 124 | 131 |
| 2004 | 118 | 201 |
| 2005 | 111 | 270 |
| 2006 | 133 | 260 |
| 2007 | 152 | 287 |
| 2008 | 135 | 325 |
| 2009 | 153 | 307 |
| 2010 | 204 | 408 |
| 2011 | 253 | 382 |
| 2012 | 347 | 489 |
| 2013 | 501 | 522 |
| 2014 | 605 | 777 |
| 2015 | 826 | 942 |
| 2016 | 1019 | 1514 |
| 2017 | 1401 | 2546 |
| 2018 | 1884 | 3713 |
| 2019 | 2831 | 4977 |
| 2020 | 3430 | 5632 |
| 2021 | 3646 | 4907 |
| 2022 | 4057 | 4053 |
| 2023 | 3898 | 3472 |
| 2024 | 3659 | 3217 |
| 2025 | 2999 | 2559 |
| 2026 | 1977 | 2203 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G05D 1/02Control of position or course in two dimensions20,393
- G05D 1/60Intended control result6,787
- G05D 1/20Control system inputs6,640
- G05D 1/0011Associated with a remote control arrangement6,454
- G05D 1/0088Characterized by the autonomous decision making process4,159
- G05D 1/10Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions3,757
- G05D 1/0055Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or2,523
- G05D 1/0094Involving pointing a payload2,144
All 15 subgroupsShow fewer
- G05D 1/08Control of attitude, i.e. control of roll, pitch, or yaw2,112
- G05D 1/40Control within particular dimensions1,884
- G05D 1/04Control of altitude or depth1,834
- G05D 1/80Arrangements for reacting to or preventing system or operator failure1,477
- G05D 1/12Target-seeking control523
- G05D 1/0005Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or264
- G05D 1/0083To help an aircraft pilot in the rolling phase179
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By later US patents
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