G08B 21/0438
Sensor means for detecting
Official title: {Sensor means for detecting}
G08B21/0438 (Sensor means for detecting) appears on 2,476 US grants and 3,161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G08B- Granted patents
- 2,476
- Published applications
- 3,161
- Assignees
- 1,230
- Inventors
- 5,649
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 172 | 214 |
| 2025 | 144 | 139 |
| 2026 | 87 | 90 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G08B 21/0453Worn on the body to detect health condition by physiological monitoring841
- G08B 21/0446Worn on the body to detect changes of posture839
- G08B 21/0476Cameras to detect unsafe condition483
- G08B 21/0461Integrated or attached to an item closely associated with the person but442
- G08B 21/0469Presence detectors to detect unsafe condition347
- G08B 21/0492Sensor dual technology, i.e. two or more technologies collaborate to extract unsafe313
- G08B 21/0484Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which104
Recent patents
- Controlled-environment facility resident wearables and systems and methods for use6 Oct 2026US 12,754,586 B1Securus Technologies, Inc.
- Detecting falls using a mobile device29 Sep 2026US 12,749,386 B2Apple Inc.
- Ambulatory medical device with malfunction alert prioritization22 Sep 2026US 12,743,269 B2Beta Bionics, Inc.
- Apparel thermo-regulatory system15 Sep 2026US 12,733,697 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Ultra-wideband-based fall detection15 Sep 2026US 12,738,140 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Intelligent care device and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301937 A1Coplus Inc.
- Wearable device for monitoring the health and supervision of a supervised being and related systems and methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272297 A1Littlebird Connected Care, Inc.
- Fertility prediction from wearable-based physiological data17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272373 A1Oura Health Oy
- Patient Safety Device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279182 A1
- Bed fall warning method based on millimeter wave radar10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268755 A1Tinglan Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Physiological measurement communications adapter1,241US 6,850,788 B2Masimo Corporation · 2005
- Intelligent remote visual monitoring system for home health care service805US 5,553,609 AIndiana University Foundation · 1996
- Adaptable electronic monitoring and identification system760US 4,952,928 AB. I. Incorporated · 1990
- Automatic system for monitoring person requiring care and his/her caretaker756US 6,968,294 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2005
- Physiological measurement communications adapter754US 7,844,314 B2Masimo Corporation · 2010