G06K 7/14
Using light without selection of wavelength
Official title: using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light {(G06K7/10831 - G06K7/1097 take precedence)}
G06K7/14 (Using light without selection of wavelength) appears on 8,853 US grants and 9,498 published applications in this corpus.
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| 2025 | 653 | 534 |
| 2026 | 332 | 347 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Recent patents
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- A method and an absolute position measuring system for determining an absolute position of an elevator car of an elevator system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307939 A1Inventio AG
- A method for error detection on an image sensor and an absolute position measuring system for a passenger transportation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307940 A1Inventio AG
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