G05D 1/243
Means capturing signals occurring naturally from the environment
Official title: Means capturing signals occurring naturally from the environment, e.g. ambient optical, acoustic, gravitational or magnetic signals (using passive navigation aids external to the vehicle G05D1/244; using signals from positioning sensors located off-board the vehicle G05D1/249)
G05D1/243 (Means capturing signals occurring naturally from the environment) appears on 907 US grants and 1,501 published applications in this corpus.
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Recent patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle with immunity to hijacking, jamming, and spoofing attacks6 Oct 2026US 12,755,638 B2Drobotics, LLC
- Apparatus control device, apparatus control method, and recording medium29 Sep 2026US 12,746,690 B2Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Method and system for autonomous vehicle control29 Sep 2026US 12,746,942 B2The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Autonomous robot system, and method for controlling autonomous robot29 Sep 2026US 12,748,430 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Camera system including at least two light sources22 Sep 2026US 12,742,964 B2Kubota Corporation
- Apparatus, system, and method of docking for autonomous robot navigation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307238 A1Jabil Inc.
- Retrieval-augmented navigation system and method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310202 A1Naver Corporation
- Systems and methods for adapting operating characteristics of a self-driving vehicle based on changes of slope8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310225 A1
- Control device, control method, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299587 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for automatic estimation of the detection systems obscured areas for safe autonomous vehicle navigation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299595 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Trajectory path planner for a vision guidance system248US 6,385,515 B1Case Corporation · 2002
- Autonomous behaviors for a remote vehicle167US 8,326,469 B2iRobot Corporation · 2012
- Application of localization, positioning and navigation systems for robotic enabled mobile products159US 8,452,450 B2Evolution Robotics, Inc. · 2013
- Systems and methods for implementing a multi-segment braking profile for a vehicle156US 9,145,116 B2Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. · 2015
- Multi-threshold reaction zone for autonomous vehicle navigation154US 9,156,473 B2Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. · 2015