Company patents

Verity AG

Verity AG's patent strategy reveals a surprising shift away from its core "Industrial & Autonomous Control" (38.6% of portfolio) and "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)" (36.8% of portfolio) categories, both showing recent declines, despite a strong emerging focus on "Radar / Sonar / Lidar" which saw a 100.0% YoY growth in 2025 and a significant rebound in "Aircraft & Aerodynamics" with a 200.0% YoY growth so far in 2026.

Patent Trend by Technology Area

Yearly patent publications since 2023

Product themes

Product-level themes inferred from filings since 2023, with category chips showing where each theme appears. Select a theme to filter the patents below.

57 US filings (since 2023) · 12 categories · 18 themes

Precise Positioning & Localizationfiltered

Methods and systems for accurately determining the absolute or relative position of an object or device, often integrating satellite navigation (GNSS), inertial measurement units (IMU), and local ranging or wireless communication technologies.

Radar / Sonar / Lidar
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27since 2023
+9.1%YoY
Vision-Based Object & Pose Estimation

Methods and apparatus for detecting objects and determining their three-dimensional position and orientation (pose) using imagery or point cloud data, often for navigation, surveying, or environmental understanding.

Computer VisionNavigation & Geodesy
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19since 2023
-12.5%YoY
Airspace & Drone Traffic Management

Systems and methods for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing the movement of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft, including real-time connectivity, flight planning, and route modification.

Traffic Control SystemsAircraft Equipment
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14since 2023
-80.0%YoY
Redundant Flight Control Architectures

Systems and methods for ensuring robust and reliable aircraft control, often involving multiple control computers, adaptive control laws, or sophisticated pilot input interfaces, especially in the presence of failures or environmental disturbances.

Aircraft & Aerodynamics
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8since 2023
-66.7%YoY
Flight Stability & Control

Mechanisms and algorithms designed to enhance the stability, precision, and safety of drone flight, including damping systems, rotor dynamics, fault-tolerant control, and transition between flight modes.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)
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6since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Electric Propulsion Systems

Integration of electric motors, power generation, and distribution systems for propelling aircraft, including components for coupling motors to propellers and managing electrical power.

Aircraft & Aerodynamics
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6since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Aerial Environmental Sensing

Systems and methods for using drones equipped with various sensors (optical, chemical, LiDAR) to collect data for monitoring environmental conditions, inspecting infrastructure, or assessing agricultural assets.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)
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5since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Multi-modal Sensor Fusion

Techniques for combining data from disparate sensor types (e.g., cameras, radar, mobile device signals) to achieve a more robust and comprehensive understanding of an environment or subject, often leveraging machine learning for interpretation and correlation.

Computer Vision
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5since 2023
+50.0%YoY
Multi-Agent System Coordination

Methods and systems for managing the interaction, communication, and collaborative tasks among multiple autonomous entities, or between autonomous entities and a central control system or users.

Industrial & Autonomous Control
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Drone Fleet Management

Systems for coordinating multiple drones, managing their operations within an airspace, including real-time connectivity, traffic management, and task allocation for cooperative missions.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Automated Visual Inspection

Systems that employ imaging and image processing to automatically detect defects, verify states, or ensure quality control in manufactured goods, printed materials, or industrial processes.

Data Recognition (Barcodes, OCR)
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Image Quality Control & Calibration

Systems and methods for maintaining and improving the quality of printed images, encompassing adjustments to developing bias based on environmental conditions, paper characteristic detection, and color profile generation.

Data Recognition (Barcodes, OCR)
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Physical Item Tracking & Management

Systems and methods for uniquely identifying, tracking, and managing physical items using scannable codes (barcodes, QR codes) or wireless tags (RFID, IoT devices) to link physical objects to digital information, inventory, or services.

Data Recognition (Barcodes, OCR)
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4since 2023
+100.0%YoY
Hybrid Power & Endurance

Drone propulsion and power architectures combining multiple energy sources, such as internal combustion engines, electric motors, batteries, and generators, to extend flight duration, range, or payload capacity.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)
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4since 2023
-50.0%YoY
Autonomous Path Planning

Algorithms and systems for generating, optimizing, and executing trajectories for autonomous vehicles or robots to move through an environment, often involving obstacle avoidance, route validation, and goal reaching.

Industrial & Autonomous ControlUnmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones)Navigation & Geodesy
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3since 2023
0.0%YoY
Multi-Sensor Positioning Systems

Integration and processing of data from diverse sensors (e.g., magnetometers, odometers, IMUs, vision sensors) to achieve robust and accurate positioning, especially in environments where GPS is unreliable or unavailable.

Navigation & Geodesy
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2since 2023
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Video Enhancement & Object Tracking

Methods and systems for improving the quality of video streams, generating intermediate frames, or continuously locating and following objects within a sequence of images, even under occlusion.

Image Processing
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1since 2023
new
Advanced Aircraft Actuation

Design and control of electromechanical or hydraulic actuators for moving aircraft components like wing tips, control surfaces, or landing gear, often focusing on efficiency, redundancy, or specific operational profiles.

Aircraft & Aerodynamics
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1since 2023
n/a

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US 20240074018 A1APPLICATION
H05B47/115

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT SOURCE FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE OF INTEREST

Filed:2021-12-13Pub:2024-02-29
Applicant:Verity AG

The invention relates to a method for controlling a light source ( 7 ), the method using (a) at least one pose estimate ( 1 ) of a camera ( 8 ) configured to capture one or more images of a scene of interest ( 13 ) which comprises at least one landmark ( 9 ), as said light source is operated to emit light which illuminates said scene of interest, (b) a landmark map ( 2 ) comprising at least 3 D location information of a plurality of landmarks comprising the at least one landmark in the scene of interest, (c) an illumination model ( 3 ) describing a relationship between an emission illumination power and reflection illumination power, wherein said emission illumination power is the power of light emitted by the light source ( 7 ) to illuminate said scene of interest, and said reflection illumination power is the illumination power of light reflected by one or more landmarks in said scene of interest and received by the camera, and (d) a predefined threshold reflection illumination power ( 4 ). The method comprises the following steps: (a) determining (5), for at least one of the plurality of landmarks, at least one optimized emission illumination power of light ( 6 ) to be emitted by the light source, and an illumination time course ( 6 ) during which the light source should be operated to emit light which has an emission illumination power which is equal to the at least one optimized emission illumination power, using (i) the at least one pose estimate ( 1 ) of the camera, (ii) the 3D location information of the at least one of the plurality of landmarks, (iii) the illumination model ( 3 ), and (iv) the predefined threshold reflection illumination power ( 4 ); and (b) operating the light source ( 7 ) to emit light which has an emission illumination power which is equal to the at least one optimized emission illumination power ( 6 ), for a time period which is equal to the determined illumination time course ( 6 ).

US 20240070914 A1APPLICATION
G06T7/73

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING A STATE OF A CAMERA

Filed:2021-12-13Pub:2024-02-29
Applicant:Verity AG

The invention relates to a method for determining a state x k ( 7 ) of a camera ( 11 ) at a time t k , the state x k ( 7 ) being a realization of a state random variable X k , wherein the state is related to a state-space model of a movement of the camera ( 11 ). The method comprises the following steps: a) receiving an image ( 1 ) of a scene of interest ( 8 ) in an indoor environment ( 8 ) captured by the camera ( 11 ) at the time t k , wherein the indoor environment ( 8 ) comprises N landmarks ( 9 ) having known positions and orientations in a world coordinate system ( 12 ), N being a natural number; b) receiving a state estimate Formula I ( 2 ) of the camera ( 11 ) at the time t k , wherein the state estimate ( 2 ) comprises an estimate of the pose of the camera; c) determining ( 3 ) positions of M features in the image ( 1 ), M being a natural number; and d) determining ( 6 ) the state x k ( 7 ) of the camera ( 11 ) at the time t k based on (i) observation z k at the time t k , the observation z k being a realization of a joint observation random variable z k , the observation z k comprising the positions of the M features and data indicative of distance between each of the M features and its corresponding object point in the scene of interest, respectively, and (ii) the state estimate Formula {circumflex over ( )}I ( 2 ), wherein the determining ( 6 ) of the state x k ( 7 ) comprises determining ( 4 ) an injective mapping estimate from at least a subset of the M features into the set of the N landmarks ( 9 ), and wherein the determining ( 6 ) of the state x k ( 7 ) is based on an observation model set up ( 5 ) based on the determined injective mapping estimate. The invention also relates to a computer program product and to an assembly.