G05D 1/46
Control of position or course in three dimensions [3d]
Official title: Control of position or course in three dimensions [3D]
G05D1/46 (Control of position or course in three dimensions [3d]) appears on 758 US grants and 929 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G05D- Granted patents
- 758
- Published applications
- 929
- Assignees
- 327
- Inventors
- 1,394
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 |
| 2016 | 8 | 14 |
| 2017 | 17 | 18 |
| 2018 | 12 | 24 |
| 2019 | 17 | 49 |
| 2020 | 25 | 42 |
| 2021 | 44 | 115 |
| 2022 | 54 | 179 |
| 2023 | 69 | 136 |
| 2024 | 267 | 158 |
| 2025 | 181 | 101 |
| 2026 | 59 | 82 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aircraft control systems and methods using sliding mode control and feedback linearization6 Oct 2026US 12,754,554 B2Bombardier Inc.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle with immunity to hijacking, jamming, and spoofing attacks6 Oct 2026US 12,755,638 B2Drobotics, LLC
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) landing systems6 Oct 2026US 12,756,053 B2United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
- Autonomous inspection system and method29 Sep 2026US 12,748,424 B2T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Information processing method, information processing device, information processing program, and information processing system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,753 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Drone operable for flight1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299616 A1BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Modular Flight Management System Incorporating An Autopilot1 Oct 2026US 2026/0300466 A1Skydio, Inc.
- Autorotating payload delivery device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285480 A1AeroVironment, Inc.
- UAV for Collecting Environmental Data Along a Ballistic Trajectory24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287309 A1
- Cooperative maneuvering for vehicles24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288146 A1QUALCOMM Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Unmanned aerial vehicle communication, monitoring, and traffic management295US 9,087,451 B12015
- Systems and methods for operating drones in response to an incident132US 10,137,984 B1State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · 2018
- Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination86US 9,406,237 B2Unmanned Innovation, Inc. · 2016
- Payload-release device position tracking81US 9,849,981 B1X Development LLC · 2017
- Unmanned aerial vehicle authorization and geofence envelope determination75US 9,256,994 B2Unmanned Innovation, Inc. · 2016