G06T 7/521
From laser ranging
Official title: from laser ranging, e.g. using interferometry; from the projection of structured light
G06T7/521 (From laser ranging) appears on 2,960 US grants and 3,430 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06T- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 162 | 165 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and systems for real-time structured light depth extraction and endoscope using real-time structured light depth extraction607US 6,503,195 B1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 2003
- Creating 3D images of objects by illuminating with infrared patterns508US 7,430,312 B2GestureTek, Inc. · 2008
- Driving pattern recognition and safety control442US 8,634,980 B1Google Inc. · 2014
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- Optical methods for remotely measuring objects364US 7,310,431 B2Canesta, Inc. · 2007