H05B 47/10
Controlling the light source
H05B47/10 (Controlling the light source) appears on 15,753 US grants and 18,138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H05B- Granted patents
- 15,753
- Published applications
- 18,138
- Assignees
- 4,515
- Inventors
- 22,645
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 34 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 35 | 0 |
| 1995 | 43 | 0 |
| 1996 | 48 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 58 | 0 |
| 1999 | 71 | 0 |
| 2000 | 75 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 17 |
| 2002 | 75 | 114 |
| 2003 | 69 | 99 |
| 2004 | 103 | 137 |
| 2005 | 84 | 186 |
| 2006 | 100 | 174 |
| 2007 | 113 | 221 |
| 2008 | 128 | 286 |
| 2009 | 130 | 338 |
| 2010 | 165 | 481 |
| 2011 | 202 | 482 |
| 2012 | 330 | 610 |
| 2013 | 486 | 909 |
| 2014 | 641 | 902 |
| 2015 | 755 | 1146 |
| 2016 | 1008 | 1139 |
| 2017 | 1223 | 1414 |
| 2018 | 1255 | 1395 |
| 2019 | 1516 | 1388 |
| 2020 | 1314 | 1276 |
| 2021 | 1022 | 1094 |
| 2022 | 971 | 990 |
| 2023 | 928 | 995 |
| 2024 | 903 | 882 |
| 2025 | 832 | 819 |
| 2026 | 551 | 644 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Low beam dimming method for situational glare6 Oct 2026US 12,752,696 B2Valeo Vision
- Method and device for controlling the interior lighting of a vehicle6 Oct 2026US 12,752,701 B2Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Moveable light fixture6 Oct 2026US 12,753,909 B2Bunk16 LLC
- Attitude determining device, vehicle lamp system, attitude determining method, and calibration method6 Oct 2026US 12,755,429 B2Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Optical receiving apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,479 B2Signify Holding B. V.
- Luminaire and methodologies for combined visible illumination and deactivation of bacteria8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306695 A1ABL IP Holding LLC
- Vehicle-to-vehicle lighting synchronization8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307582 A1Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
- Wireless controllable lighting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309313 A1Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Computer Case8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310266 A1Minilith LLC
- Power control method for light source, lighting device, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313766 A1Nitelab Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Illumination components1,698US 6,211,626 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2001
- Expandable home automation system1,640US 5,086,385 ACustom Command Systems · 1992
- Wallbox-mountable switch and dimmer1,519US 5,359,231 ALutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 1994
- Multicolored LED lighting method and apparatus1,174US 6,016,038 AColor Kinetics Incorporated · 2000
- Universal lighting network methods and systems1,007US 6,548,967 B1Color Kinetics Incorporated · 2003