RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Introduced: September 1968

Description

G01S covers systems and methods for determining position, direction, distance, and velocity using radio waves or analogous electromagnetic/acoustic signals. This includes radio navigation systems (GPS, LORAN, beacons), direction-finding equipment, radar and sonar technologies for object detection and ranging, and presence-sensing devices. The subclass encompasses both ground-based and satellite-based navigation, as well as Doppler and time-of-flight measurement techniques. Related optical positioning systems using light-based distance measurement are classified elsewhere in G01S's sister subclasses.

Of 11 combined children, 9 exist in both systems.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 2 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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G01S 1/00 Beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals having a characteristic or characteristics capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters; Receivers co-operating therewith (position fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 11/00 Systems for determining distance or velocity not using reflection or reradiation (position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations G01S5/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 13/00 Systems using the reflection or reradiation of radio waves, e.g. radar systems; Analogous systems using reflection or reradiation of waves whose nature or wavelength is irrelevant or unspecified since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 15/00 Systems using the reflection or reradiation of acoustic waves, e.g. sonar systems since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 17/00 Systems using the reflection or reradiation of electromagnetic waves other than radio waves, e.g. lidar systems since 1980 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 19/00 Satellite radio beacon positioning systems; Determining position, velocity or attitude using signals transmitted by such systems since 2010 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 2201/00 Indexing scheme relating to beacons or beacon systems transmitting signals capable of being detected by non-directional receivers and defining directions, positions, or position lines fixed relatively to the beacon transmitters 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
G01S 2205/00 Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
G01S 3/00 Direction-finders for determining the direction from which infrasonic, sonic, ultrasonic or electromagnetic waves, or particle emission, not having a directional significance, are being received (position-fixing by co-ordinating a plurality of determinations of direction or position lines G01S5/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 5/00 Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G01S 7/00 Details of systems according to groups G01S13/00, G01S15/00, G01S17/00 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC