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G05D 1/60

Intended control result

Full Title

Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00) > Intended control result

Description

G05D1/60 characterises the control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles by the intended control result, rather than by the sensing or actuation technique employed. Subgroups cover outcomes such as following a planned path or trajectory, holding a position relative to a reference, avoiding collisions with obstacles or other vehicles, and coordinating several vehicles. The group belongs to the autonomous vehicle control scheme of G05D1/00; drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles are classified in B60W60/00.

Filing statistics

CPC G05D 1/60 belongs to the parent subclass G05D, which recorded 227,290 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 7,629 in 2013 to 16,612 in 2023 (+118%), peaking at 30,148 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class G05 are FANUC (6,367 applications), SIEMENS (5,963 applications) and FANUC (4,535 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

11 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G05D 1/606 Compensating for or utilising external environmental conditions, e.g. wind or water currents (station keeping G05D1/611)
  • G05D 1/611 Station keeping, e.g. for hovering or dynamic anchoring
  • G05D 1/646 Following a predefined trajectory, e.g. a line marked on the floor or a flight path
  • G05D 1/652 Take-off (delivering or retrieving payloads G05D1/667)

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. FANUC JP 6,367
  2. SIEMENS DE 5,963
  3. FANUC 4,535
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
  9. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
  10. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743