G05D 1/12
Target-seeking control
G05D1/12 (Target-seeking control) appears on 523 US grants and 568 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 523
- Published applications
- 568
- Assignees
- 286
- Inventors
- 1,096
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 7 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
| 2009 | 6 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 15 | 4 |
| 2016 | 12 | 21 |
| 2017 | 19 | 33 |
| 2018 | 14 | 47 |
| 2019 | 38 | 93 |
| 2020 | 49 | 86 |
| 2021 | 48 | 73 |
| 2022 | 65 | 72 |
| 2023 | 61 | 40 |
| 2024 | 51 | 24 |
| 2025 | 30 | 13 |
| 2026 | 11 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Autonomous inspection system and method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,424 B2T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Multimode unmanned aerial vehicle11 Aug 2026US 12,704,355 B2AeroVironment, Inc.
- Camera4 Aug 2026US D1,139,557 S1GoPro, Inc. · Design
- Systems and methods for adjusting UAV trajectory14 Jul 2026US 12,682,770 B2Sz Dji Technology Co., Ltd.
- Objective-based control of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle21 Apr 2026US 12,608,010 B2Skydio, Inc.
- Modular Image Capture Systems20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247037 A1GoPro, Inc.
- Denial of service systems and methods14 May 2026US 2026/0134438 A1Oshkosh Corporation
- System and method of last mile delivery23 Apr 2026US 2026/0111024 A1Motogo, LLC
- Autonomous inspection system and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056541 A1T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Projectile delivery systems and weaponized aerial vehicles and methods including same19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048842 A1Corvid Technologies LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motion and image-based control system274US 11,126,206 B2Snap Inc. · 2021
- Controlled self operated vacuum cleaning system242US 6,327,741 B12001
- Controlled self operated vacuum cleaning system235US 6,076,226 A2000
- System and method for controlling a remote aerial device for up-close inspection184US 8,818,572 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2014
- Multi-part navigation process by an unmanned aerial vehicle for navigating to a medical situatiion181US 8,930,044 B1Google Inc. · 2015