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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

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2024

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
CONTROLLING; REGULATING
Subclass:
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES

Filing statistics

IPC G05D 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass G05D, which recorded 251,217 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 11,275 in 2013 to 22,402 in 2023 (+99%), peaking at 30,053 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G05 are SIEMENS (4,725 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (4,571 applications) and FANUC (4,233 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

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

Related Keywords

control of position, course or attitude of AIRCRAFTcontrolling COURSES of vehiclesautomatic control of DIRECTIONHOMING of moving objectscontrol of horizontal attitudeautomatic PILOTScontrol of POSITION of vehiclescontrol of position of SHIP(S)automatic STEERINGcontrol of position or course of VEHICLES automatically

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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