G08G 1/00 Traffic control systems for road vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- SIGNALLING
- Subclass:
- TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
Filing statistics
IPC G08G 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass G08G, which recorded 217,850 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,726 in 2013 to 19,713 in 2023 (+84%), peaking at 24,886 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class G08 are TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (6,781 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (5,954 applications) and ROBERT BOSCH (3,656 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Additional Content
Glossary
Convoy Platoon platoons means a group of vehicles which is controlled as a whole by exchange of data or information between the vehicles themselves (i.e. inter-vehicle communication) or with one or more external sources (i.e. central source or distributed sources).
Limiting references
Arrangement of road signs or traffic signals Road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users
Related Keywords
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
- G08G 1/01 Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
- G08G 1/065 by counting the vehicles in a section of the road or in a parking area, i.e. comparing incoming count with outgoing count
- G08G 1/07 Controlling traffic signals
- G08G 1/09 Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions
- G08G 1/097 Supervising of traffic control systems, e.g. by giving an alarm if two crossing streets have green light simultaneously
- G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles
- G08G 1/14 indicating individual free spaces in parking areas
- G08G 1/16 Anti-collision systems
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G08, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 6,781
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 5,954
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,656
- DENSO CORPORATION 3,452
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 2,945
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 2,562
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL US 2,517
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 2,435
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,239
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 2,119