Autonomous Vehicles Patent Application Trends 2024

Autonomous Vehicles patent applications in 2024

Top Technology Areas in Autonomous Vehicles

Top CPC Codes

• G01S17/931 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 164 patents
  • Example: 20240230848. TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSMITTER ARRAY-BASED LIDAR simplified abstract (Innovusion, Inc.)
• G01S17/89 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 158 patents
  • Example: 20240230857. LIGHT-RECEIVING DEVICE AND LIDAR simplified abstract (LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.)
• G01S7/4817 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 115 patents
  • Example: 20240230848. TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSMITTER ARRAY-BASED LIDAR simplified abstract (Innovusion, Inc.)
• B60W60/001 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 108 patents
  • Example: 20240227852. METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE simplified abstract (RENAULT S.A.S.)
• B60W60/0015 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 73 patents
  • Example: 20240227828. OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS simplified abstract (TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA)
• G01S7/4816 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 72 patents
  • Example: 20240230850. PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT AND LIDAR DEVICE simplified abstract (DENSO CORPORATION)
• G05D1/0088 (No explanation available)
  • 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 (No explanation available)
  • 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 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 63 patents
  • Example: 20240230370. ROUTING OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IN A FLOOD CONDITION simplified abstract (GM Cruise Holdings LLC)
• G01S7/497 (No explanation available)
  • 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 (No explanation available): 23 patents
  • B60W2420/52 (No explanation available): 18 patents
  • B60W50/0205 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 16 patents
  • G01S17/89 (No explanation available): 10 patents
  • G01S7/4817 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 17 patents
  • B60W60/001 (No explanation available): 7 patents
  • G01S7/4817 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 9 patents
  • B60W60/001 (No explanation available): 7 patents
  • B60Q1/52 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 11 patents
  • G01S7/4816 (No explanation available): 6 patents
  • G01S17/89 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 6 patents
  • B60W60/0011 (No explanation available): 6 patents
  • G06V10/82 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 6 patents
  • B60W2420/42 (No explanation available): 4 patents
  • B60W60/0027 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 6 patents
  • G05D2201/0213 (No explanation available): 5 patents
  • B60W60/0011 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 5 patents
  • B60W2420/403 (No explanation available): 4 patents
  • G06V20/56 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available): 7 patents
  • B60W2420/52 (No explanation available): 4 patents
  • B60W2520/14 (No explanation available): 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 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• H05K7/20845 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• H05K7/20209 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240049423. VENTED SENSOR POD SYSTEMS AND METHODS simplified abstract (Kodiak Robotics, Inc.)
• B60Q1/249 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048853. Pulsed-Light Optical Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC)
• H04N5/2354 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240048853. Pulsed-Light Optical Imaging Systems for Autonomous Vehicles simplified abstract (Motional AD LLC)
• G05D1/0202 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• B64D45/00 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• G08G5/065 (No explanation available)
  • Count: 1 patents
  • Example: 20240046807. MULTI-SENSOR DATA FUSION-BASED AIRCRAFT DETECTION, TRACKING, AND DOCKING simplified abstract (Honeywell International Inc.)
• G08G1/082 (No explanation available)
  • 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 (No explanation available)
  • 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