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Sensor-based Environment Perception

Techniques and hardware for autonomous systems to gather and interpret data about their surroundings, including obstacle detection, object recognition, and depth estimation, to inform control decisions.

7,310 US filings from 1,538 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,870 · 2024: 2,233 · 2025: 2,183 · 2026 YTD: 1,024

Manipulators & RoboticsIndustrial & Autonomous ControlComputer Vision

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#CompanySince 20232023202420252026 YTDYoY
1Nvidia Corporation25738649164+42.2%
2Robert Bosch GmbH19544536533+22.6%
3Waymo LLC17958594616-22.0%
4TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA15821387425+94.7%
5Toyota Research Institute, Inc.15147375512+48.6%
6SONY GROUP CORPORATION14831415917+43.9%
7SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.14242364519+25.0%
8Zoox, Inc.13740374218+13.5%
9Apple Inc.13034522519-51.9%
10QUALCOMM Incorporated12811334341+30.3%
11GM Cruise Holdings LLC1263650355-30.0%
12NEC CORPORATION10523373114-16.2%
13GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC9920332818-15.2%
14Hyundai Motor Company967194921+157.9%
15Kia Corporation946184921+172.2%
16Ford Global Technologies, LLC892538179-55.3%
17Motional AD LLC7825251711-32.0%
18Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation741831187-41.9%
19CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA6716182112+16.7%
20GOOGLE LLC562015129-20.0%
21HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.541117188+5.9%
22SICK AG521316158-6.2%
23Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC501916141-12.5%
24Aurora Operations, Inc.495112112+90.9%
25International Business Machines Corporation461615114-26.7%