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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.

7,661 US filings from 1,568 companies since 2023 · 2023: 2,221 · 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 Corporation26849649164+42.2%
2Robert Bosch GmbH20049536533+22.6%
3Waymo LLC19271594616-22.0%
4TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA16023387425+94.7%
5Toyota Research Institute, Inc.16056375512+48.6%
6SONY GROUP CORPORATION15538415917+43.9%
7Zoox, Inc.14851374218+13.5%
8SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.14444364519+25.0%
9Apple Inc.13943522519-51.9%
10GM Cruise Holdings LLC1314150355-30.0%
11QUALCOMM Incorporated12912334341+30.3%
12NEC CORPORATION11230373114-16.2%
13GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC10223332818-15.2%
14Hyundai Motor Company10112194921+157.9%
15Kia Corporation9810184921+172.2%
16Ford Global Technologies, LLC932938179-55.3%
17Motional AD LLC8027251711-32.0%
18Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation772131187-41.9%
19CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA6817182112+16.7%
20GOOGLE LLC592315129-20.0%
21HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.551217188+5.9%
22SICK AG541516158-6.2%
23International Business Machines Corporation522215114-26.7%
24Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC512016141-12.5%
25Aurora Operations, Inc.495112112+90.9%