G05D 1/24 Arrangements for determining position or orientation
Introduced: January 2024
Full Title
Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots > Control system inputs > Arrangements for determining position or orientation
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- CONTROLLING; REGULATING
- Subclass:
- SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
Filing statistics
IPC G05D 1/24 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
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G05D 1/241 Means for detecting physical contact, e.g. touch sensors or bump sensors
- G05D 1/242 Means based on the reflection of waves generated by the vehicle
- G05D 1/243 Means capturing signals occurring naturally from the environment, e.g. ambient optical, acoustic, gravitational or magnetic signals
- G05D 1/244 using passive navigation aids external to the vehicle, e.g. markers, reflectors or magnetic means
- G05D 1/245 using dead reckoning
- G05D 1/246 using environment maps, e.g. simultaneous localisation and mapping [SLAM]
- G05D 1/247 using signals provided by artificial sources external to the vehicle, e.g. navigation beacons
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS DE 4,725
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,571
- FANUC JP 4,233
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 3,143
- FANUC 2,981
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,813
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,500
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,182
- OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,036
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,981