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G01S 5/18

using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more direction or position-line determinations; Position-fixing by co-ordinating two or more distance determinations > using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
MEASURING; TESTING
Subclass:
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

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G01S 5/2 Position of source determined by a plurality of spaced direction-finders
  • G01S 5/22 Position of source determined by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements
  • G01S 5/24 Position of single direction-finder fixed by determining direction of a plurality of spaced sources of known location
  • G01S 5/26 Position of receiver fixed by co-ordinating a plurality of position lines defined by path-difference measurements
  • G01S 5/28 by co-ordinating position lines of different shape, e.g. hyperbolic, circular, elliptical or radial
  • G01S 5/3 Determining absolute distances from a plurality of spaced points of known location

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G01, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 41,447
  2. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 32,952
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 16,470
  4. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 10,052
  5. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 9,573
  6. ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY 9,529
  7. GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 8,615
  8. TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY 7,805
  9. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 7,796
  10. QUALCOMM US 7,171