Autonomous Vehicles Patent Application Trends 2024

Autonomous Vehicles patent applications in 2024

Top Technology Areas in Autonomous Vehicles

Top CPC Codes

• G01S17/931 (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)
  • Count: 164 patents
  • Example: 20240230848. TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSMITTER ARRAY-BASED LIDAR simplified abstract (Innovusion, Inc.)
• G01S17/89 (for mapping or imaging)
  • Count: 158 patents
  • Example: 20240230857. LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE AND LIDAR simplified abstract (LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.)
• G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements)
  • Count: 115 patents
  • Example: 20240230848. TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSMITTER ARRAY-BASED LIDAR simplified abstract (Innovusion, Inc.)
• B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks})
  • Count: 108 patents
  • Example: 20240227852. METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE simplified abstract (RENAULT S.A.S.)
• B60W60/0015 ({specially adapted for safety})
  • Count: 73 patents
  • Example: 20240227828. OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS simplified abstract (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
• G01S7/4816 ({of receivers alone})
  • Count: 72 patents
  • Example: 20240230850. PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT AND LIDAR DEVICE simplified abstract (DENSO CORPORATION)
• G05D1/0088 (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)
  • Count: 68 patents
  • Example: 20240231358. ARCHITECTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR DEFENSIVE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USING A PROBABILISTIC CONTROL STRATEGY simplified abstract (GM Global Technology Operations LLC)
• G06V20/58 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING)
  • Count: 64 patents
  • Example: 20240230362. A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR WEATHER-BASED HAZARD WARNING GENERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE simplified abstract (HERE Global B.V.)
• B60W2420/52 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT)
  • Count: 63 patents
  • Example: 20240230370. ROUTING OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IN A FLOOD CONDITION simplified abstract (GM Cruise Holdings LLC)
• G01S7/497 (Means for monitoring or calibrating)
  • Count: 62 patents
  • Example: 20240230861. CLOSE RANGE INTERFERENCE REDUCTION simplified abstract (Luminar Technologies, Inc.)

Top Companies in Autonomous Vehicles

GM Cruise Holdings LLC

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 132
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 23 patents
  • B60W2420/52 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 18 patents
  • B60W50/0205 (Ensuring safety in case of control system failures, e.g. by diagnosing, circumventing or fixing failures): 15 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240043032. TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MAP REFERENCE PRIORS FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PLANNING STACK simplified abstract (GM Cruise Holdings LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240044745. HYPERPLANE SEARCH-BASED VEHICLE TEST simplified abstract (GM Cruise Holdings LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240046324. DIGITAL TOKEN GENERATION AND OUTPUT FOR RIDERS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES simplified abstract (GM Cruise Holdings LLC) (20240208)

Waymo LLC

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 56
• Top CPC codes:
  • G01S17/931 (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): 16 patents
  • G01S17/89 (for mapping or imaging): 10 patents
  • G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements): 9 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240045060. Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Device Range Aliasing Resilience by Multiple Hypotheses simplified abstract (Waymo LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240045424. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES simplified abstract (Waymo LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240045438. Actively Modifying a Field of View of an Autonomous Vehicle in View of Constraints simplified abstract (Waymo LLC) (20240208)

Aurora Operations, Inc.

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 30
• Top CPC codes:
  • G01S17/931 (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): 17 patents
  • B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 7 patents
  • G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements): 6 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240151820. Silicon Photonics Device for LIDAR Sensor and Method for Fabrication simplified abstract (Aurora Operations, Inc.) (20240509)
  • 20240043037. SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE(S) simplified abstract (Aurora Operations, Inc.) (20240208)
  • 20240045034. LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM simplified abstract (Aurora Operations, Inc.) (20240208)

Kodiak Robotics, Inc.

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 29
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60Q1/507 (for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking): 9 patents
  • B60W60/001 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 7 patents
  • B60Q1/52 (for indicating emergencies): 5 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240045070. DENSE SENSOR POD ASSEMBLY simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.) (20240208)
  • 20240045071. CONNECTING ASSEMBLY FOR A SENSOR POD simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.) (20240208)
  • 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.) (20240208)

SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 29
• Top CPC codes:
  • G01S7/4817 (Constructional features, e.g. arrangements of optical elements): 11 patents
  • G01S7/4816 ({of receivers alone}): 6 patents
  • G01S17/89 (for mapping or imaging): 6 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240027621. METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PARAMETERS OF LIDAR, AND LIDAR simplified abstract (SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.) (20240125)
  • 20240045028. LIDAR DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION APPARATUS simplified abstract (SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.) (20240208)
  • 20240045031. LIDAR AND LIDAR DESIGN METHOD simplified abstract (SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.) (20240208)

NVIDIA Corporation

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 25
• Top CPC codes:
  • G06N3/08 (Learning methods): 6 patents
  • B60W60/0011 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 6 patents
  • G06V10/82 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 6 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240029447. MULTI-VIEW DEEP NEURAL NETWORK FOR LIDAR PERCEPTION simplified abstract (NVIDIA Corporation) (20240125)
  • 20240044662. UPDATING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS BASED ON LANE CLOSURE AND LANE OPENING simplified abstract (NVIDIA Corporation) (20240208)
  • 20240045426. SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFE AND RELIABLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES simplified abstract (NVIDIA Corporation) (20240208)

Motional AD LLC

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 25
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60W60/0015 ({specially adapted for safety}): 6 patents
  • B60W2420/42 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 4 patents
  • B60W60/0027 ({using trajectory prediction for other traffic participants}): 4 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240042995. VEHICLE OPERATION USING A DYNAMIC OCCUPANCY GRID simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240046605. VISIBILITY DETERMINATIONS IN PHYSICAL SPACE USING EVIDENTIAL ILLUMINATION VALUES simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC) (20240208)
  • 20240048853. Pulsed-Light Optical Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC) (20240208)

Zoox, Inc.

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 24
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60W50/0097 (Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces}): 6 patents
  • G05D2201/0213 (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES): 5 patents
  • B60W60/0011 ({Planning or execution of driving tasks}): 5 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240110811. Modifying Map Elements Associated with Map Data simplified abstract (Zoox, Inc.) (20240404)
  • 20240217548. TRAJECTORY PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING ATTENTION MECHANISM simplified abstract (Zoox, Inc.) (20240704)
  • 20240028031. AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FLEET SERVICE AND SYSTEM simplified abstract (Zoox, Inc.) (20240125)

TUSIMPLE, INC.

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 23
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60W10/18 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 5 patents
  • B60W2420/403 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 4 patents
  • G06V20/56 (IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING): 3 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240028040. DATA-DRIVEN CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING simplified abstract (TUSIMPLE, INC.) (20240125)
  • 20240046489. SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE REAL-TIME MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING simplified abstract (TUSIMPLE, INC.) (20240208)
  • 20240046654. IMAGE FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION simplified abstract (TUSIMPLE, INC.) (20240208)

Hyundai Motor Company

• Number of Autonomous Vehicles patents: 22
• Top CPC codes:
  • B60W60/0053 ({Handover processes (Handing over between remote control and on-board control or handing over between remote control arrangements): 7 patents
  • B60W2420/52 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 4 patents
  • B60W2520/14 (CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT): 4 patents
• Recent patents:
  • 20240071091. Vehicle Control Device and Control Method Thereof simplified abstract (Hyundai Motor Company) (20240229)
  • 20240149922. System and Method for Controlling Switching to Manual Driving Mode of Autonomous Vehicle simplified abstract (Hyundai Motor Company) (20240509)
  • 20240046658. Object Recognition Apparatus and Vehicle Having the Same simplified abstract (Hyundai Motor Company) (20240208)

New Companies in Autonomous Vehicles (Last Month)

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Emerging Technology Areas in Autonomous Vehicles

• H04N5/22521 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• H05K7/20845 (Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• H05K7/20209 (Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• B60Q1/249 ({for illuminating the field of view of a sensor or camera})
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048853. Pulsed-Light Optical Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC)
• H04N5/2354 (PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048853. Pulsed-Light Optical Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC)
• G05D1/0202 (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• B64D45/00 (Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for (camouflage)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• G08G5/065 (for control when on the ground)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• G08G1/082 (TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046787. Method And System For Traffic Clearance At Signalized Intersections Based On Lidar And Trajectory Prediction simplified abstract (TONGJI UNIVERSITY)
• B60K37/00 (Dashboards (as road-vehicle superstructure sub-units)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046781. DYNAMIC SPEED LIMIT FOR VEHICLES AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES simplified abstract (TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.)

Top Companies in Emerging Autonomous Vehicles Technologies

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• Kodiak Robotics, Inc.: 3 patents
• Honeywell International Inc.: 3 patents
• Motional AD LLC: 2 patents
• TONGJI UNIVERSITY: 1 patents
• TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.: 1 patents