G06K 11/02
Automatic curve followers , i.e. arrangements in which an exploring member or
Official title: Automatic curve followers {, i.e. arrangements in which an exploring member or beam is forced to follow the curve}
G06K11/02 (Automatic curve followers , i.e. arrangements in which an exploring member or) appears on 25 US grants and 2 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 2
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 39
- Latest grant
- 14 May 2019
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Auto-generation of map landmarks using sensor readable tags14 May 2019US 10,290,137 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Brushless motors with linear hall sensors26 Apr 2016US 9,325,262 B2Woodward, Inc.
- Digitizing device10 May 1994US 5,310,968 APfaff Haushaltmaschinen GmbH
- Automatic contour tracking method for CAD16 Jun 1992US 5,122,965 AMutoh Industries Ltd.
- Video signal digitizer21 Jan 1992US 5,083,313 A
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sensor for use in controlling operation of mobile farming machine31US 4,211,921 AIseki Agricultural Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1980
- Method and subsystem for plotting the perimeter of an object25US 4,575,751 ARCA Corporation · 1986
- Line following system and process22US 4,740,904 A1988
- Video signal digitizer17US 5,083,313 A1992
- Line or pattern following system14US 4,160,199 AStewart-Warner Corporation · 1979