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G05D 1/00

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)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots

CPC: 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)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots

CPC:

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)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

vehicle vehicles is any machine for transporting or moving for other purposes which comprises means for adjusting its position within an environment without being constrained with respect to a fixed location. This covers, e.g. moving robots, land vehicles, ships, submarines, airplanes, drones or space vehicles.

Limiting references

Drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles

Application references

Steering or guiding agricultural machines or implements Steering for toy vehicles Electrical remote-control arrangements for toy vehicles Stability or attitude control of air-cushion vehicles Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular subunit Control of rail vehicles Steering controls of motor vehicles or trailers, i.e. means for initiating a change of direction Arrangements for automatically controlling the steering depending on driving conditions Attitude or position control of chassis of endless-tracked vehicles Control of attitude or depth of underwater vessels Marine steering; Marine dynamic anchoring Control systems for actuating flying-control surfaces, lift-increasing flaps, air brakes or spoilers of aircraft Attitude, flight direction or altitude control of aircraft by jet reaction Controlling attitude or direction of aircraft ejector seats , Guiding or controlling cosmonautic vehicles Control devices for conveyors Control systems for cranes Control devices for soil-shifting machines Onboard guidance or control of self-propelled or guided missiles Steering control of marine torpedoes

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 11 additional codes.

11 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2024.

Child Classifications

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  • G05D 1/0005 CPC only CPC only
  • G05D 1/0083 CPC only CPC only
  • G05D 1/0088 CPC only CPC only
  • G05D 1/0094 CPC only CPC only
  • G05D 1/12 Target-seeking control CPC only CPC only

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS DE 4,725
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,571
  3. FANUC JP 4,233
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 3,143
  5. FANUC 2,981
  6. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,813
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,500
  8. LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,182
  9. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,036
  10. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,981

Top Applicants (CPC)

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