Automatic Emergency Braking Patent Landscape 2026
Automatic Emergency Braking Patent Landscape in 2026
The automatic emergency braking (AEB) patent field is moderately concentrated, with NVIDIA Corp and Mobileye Vision Technologies nearly tied at the top and the five largest filers accounting for 45% of the hundred largest filers’ combined output. The field reached peak annual volume in 2022 and has since plateaued, while a 23% multi-year growth figure confirms the corpus is substantially larger than it was several years ago.
NVIDIA and Mobileye lead a tightly contested top tier
NVIDIA Corp leads the
The top five filers — NVIDIA, Mobileye, Motional AD, Hyundai Motor, and HL Klemove — together hold 45% of the hundred largest filers’ combined total, indicating significant but not overwhelming concentration; a second tier of suppliers and OEMs from. Japan, Korea, Germany, and. China retains meaningful competitive ground.
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA Corp | 1,203 | |
| 2 | Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd | 1,198 | |
| 3 | Motional AD LLC | 653 | |
| 4 | Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | 574 | |
| 5 | HL Klemove Corp | 383 | |
| 6 | LG Electronics Inc | 373 | |
| 7 | Toyota Motor Corporation | 313 | |
| 8 | Robert Bosch GmbH | 294 | |
| 9 | Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co Ltd | 242 | |
| 10 | Subaru Corporation | 214 |
| # | Applicant | Patent families | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Denso Corporation | 147 | |
| 12 | Astemo Ltd | 129 | |
| 13 | Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd | 126 | |
| 14 | Nissan Motor Co Ltd | 124 | |
| 15 | Magna Electronics Inc | 120 | |
| 16 | Renault SA | 98 | |
| 17 | Suzuki Motor Corporation | 95 | |
| 18 | China FAW Co Ltd | 94 | |
| 19 | Advics Co Ltd | 90 | |
| 20 | Honda Motor Co Ltd | 89 |
The near-parity between NVIDIA and Mobileye at the top reflects two distinct strategic postures: NVIDIA anchors in GPU-based image and AI inference pipelines, while Mobileye emphasizes full-stack vehicle control and navigation — implying that neither pure silicon nor pure software integration is yet decisive.
Filings from 2024 onward are subject to publication lag and will be revised upward as applications are published; they should not be read as indicators of declining R&D investment. Longer-window growth, applicant concentration, and technology-route coverage are therefore more reliable signals than the latest-year bar alone.
Peak-year volume has eased, but hybrid vehicle control dominates the technology mix
Two charts together capture where AEB innovation has been and where it is technically concentrated: the annual filing trend shows a corpus that grew sharply through 2022 and has since plateaued, while the IPC composition reveals that joint vehicle-control logic (B60W) vastly outweighs any single perception or braking sub-class.
Annual filing trend
Annual filings climbed from 502 in 2017 to a peak of 1,687 in 2022, then moderated to 1,565 in 2023. Figures for 2024–2026 are understated due to publication lag and should not be interpreted as a real decline; the multi-year corpus growth of 23% confirms the field remains substantially active.
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B60W (hybrid/joint vehicle control) accounts for the largest share of IPC records by a wide margin, reflecting the systems-integration character of AEB. G06V (image/video recognition) and G08G (traffic control systems) form a meaningful second tier, followed by G05D (non-electric variable control) and B60T (vehicle brakes and braking) — the latter being the most directly mechanical branch and notably smaller than the perception and control classes above it.
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Citation-heavy patent families returned by the query. Use this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents.
Automatic Emergency Braking for a Path-Crossing Ta…
Techniques are described that enable automatic emergency braking (AEB) for a path-crossing target when a collision between a host vehicle and the target that is deemed imminent. Based on whether an acceleration of the host vehicle is above a threshold. Based on the acceleration, and, optionally, a location of the target relative to a crossing path (e.g… (excerpt from the patent abstract)
| # | Patent | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Systems and methods for safe and reliable autonomo… | 1,021 |
| 2 | A Method and Apparatus for Collecting and Using Se… | 596 |
| 3 | Autonomous vehicle speed calibration | 476 |
| 4 | Vehicle control system with traffic driving control | 450 |
| 5 | Safety procedure analysis for obstacle avoidance i… | 388 |
| 6 | Behavior-guided path planning in autonomous machin… | 349 |
| 7 | Real-time detection of lanes and boundaries by aut… | 347 |
| 8 | Systems and methods for computer-assisted shuttles… | 325 |
Ranked by total forward citations. Citation counts favour older and broadly cited patent families, and broad or adjacent patents may appear when they match the search scope. Treat this section as citation context, not as a curated list of the most topic-specific patents. Some patent titles may be shown in their original, non-English language where an accurate translation could not be guaranteed.
What the AEB patent structure means for R&D allocation
The corpus structure points to a maturing, systems-integration-heavy field where competitive advantage is shifting from broad claim staking toward differentiated perception stacks, geographic coverage, and collaborative supply-chain positioning.
Field is at a maturity plateau following a 2022 peak
The lifecycle evidence classifies AEB as a mature technology: annual filings plateaued near their 2022 peak of 1,687 and have eased since, while the multi-year corpus still shows 23% growth. In a plateau phase, broad foundational claims are largely staked; incremental differentiation in sensor fusion, edge-AI inference, and fail-operational architectures is where new IP value is most likely to be created. New entrants face a high prior-art burden in core B60W and G06V classes.
Maturity · PlateauDual leaders, then a broad mid-field
NVIDIA and Mobileye form a near-tied leading pair, with Motional AD a credible third. Below rank three, the field opens into a large mid-tier of OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers — Hyundai, HL Klemove, LG Electronics, Toyota, Bosch — each holding meaningful but substantially smaller positions. This two-tier structure suggests that a challenger can realistically build a defensible niche portfolio without displacing the top two, particularly in application-specific or geographic sub-domains.
Concentration · Dual leadersHyundai–Kia axis dominates co-filing; Toyota pairs with suppliers and academia
The most active co-filing relationship in the corpus is Hyundai Motor with Kia (466 joint families), a figure that dwarfs all other pairs and reflects a tightly integrated group IP strategy. Toyota co-files with Advics (90), the University of Tokyo (12), and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (12), suggesting a hybrid approach spanning supply-chain integration and academic research. Hyundai Motor also collaborates with Asia University (19) and Hyundai Autoever (16), broadening its ecosystem beyond internal group companies.
Collaboration · Hyundai–Kia axisUS leads filings; China is a close second with strong domestic momentum
The United States is the primary filing jurisdiction, followed by China and then Europe (EPO) and Germany. Japan and WIPO (PCT) form a next tier. China’s position as second-largest jurisdiction, combined with the presence of Chinese OEMs — FAW, Chery, Geely, Changan, Dongfeng — throughout the applicant list, signals that domestic Chinese AEB IP is growing and that global filers must assess both freedom-to-operate and competitive positioning in that market separately from Western filings.
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| Applicant | Collaborator | Co-filings |
|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | Kia Corporation | 466 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | Advics Co Ltd | 90 |
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | Kia Corporation | 41 |
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | 亚洲大学校产学协力团 | 19 |
| Kia Corporation | 亚洲大学校产学协力团 | 17 |
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | Hyundai Autoever Corporation | 16 |
| Kia Corporation | Hyundai Autoever Corporation | 12 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH | 12 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | University of Tokyo | 12 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology | 12 |
Co-filing pairs, ranked by the number of jointly-filed patent families.
NVIDIA leads on AI perception; Mobileye on full-stack vehicle control
The two top filers approach AEB from distinct technical directions, and their recent momentum diverges sharply — NVIDIA is accelerating while Mobileye has pulled back — creating an opening for challengers in the middle tier.
NVIDIA Corp
NVIDIA holds 1,203 patent families and is filing at an accelerating pace, with recent filings up +54% versus the prior period. Its technical emphasis is squarely on image and video recognition (G06V 20 and G06V 10, with 672 and 524 families respectively) and AI model computing (G06N 3, 446 families), reflecting a strategy of embedding GPU-based inference into the AEB perception stack. This positions NVIDIA as the dominant filer in the sensor-data-to-decision layer of AEB architecture.
patent families: 1,203Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd
Mobileye holds 1,198 patent families — virtually level with NVIDIA — but its recent trend is down –52%, indicating a deliberate shift in filing strategy or portfolio consolidation rather than a loss of technical capability. Mobileye’s emphasis falls on full-stack vehicle control (B60W 30, 673 families), navigation and positioning (G01C 21, 611 families), and autonomous control systems (G05D 1, 535 families), making it the reference filer for end-to-end AEB system integration rather than the perception-only layer.
patent families: 1,198| Applicant | Recent (3 yrs) | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 627 | ▲ +54% |
| Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd | 226 | ▼ -52% |
| Motional AD LLC | 525 | ▲ 5.1× vs prior 3-yr |
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | 194 | ▲ +20% |
| LG Electronics Inc | 16 | ▼ -93% |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | 221 | ▲ 4.4× vs prior 3-yr |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | 102 | ▲ +26% |
Under-served branches adjacent to the AEB core
The IPC branches below are present in the corpus but hold lower relative share than the dominant B60W and G06V classes; they are observations of relative sparsity adjacent to the AEB core, not validated market opportunities. Where plausible technical value and a realistic entry path exist, that is noted.
B60T · Vehicle Brakes & Braking
B60T accounts for only about 4% of IPC records despite being the most mechanically direct class for emergency braking actuation. The corpus is dominated by software and perception layers, leaving brake-hardware integration — electro-hydraulic actuators, brake-by-wire fail-safety, and pedal-feel emulation under autonomous override — comparatively sparse. An entrant with Tier-1 braking hardware expertise could file in this branch with lower prior-art density than in B60W or G06V, provided the work links actuation directly to AEB control logic.
Search this in Eureka →G01C · Distance, Navigation & Gyroscopes
G01C covers positioning and navigation, and its 1,021 IPC records represent only 4% of the corpus despite being foundational to reliable threat-distance estimation. Coverage in map-aided localization, HD-map uncertainty quantification, and multi-constellation GNSS fusion for AEB triggering appears sparse relative to the perception-layer classes above it. Organizations with positioning or mapping expertise — particularly for urban canyon and tunnel degraded-GNSS scenarios — may find this branch offers a defensible adjacency to the core AEB space.
Search this in Eureka →How leaders differ by technology route
Strength of each leader across the main technology routes.
| Player | B60W 30 · Hybrid/joint vehicle control | B60W 50 · Hybrid/joint vehicle control | B60W 40 · Hybrid/joint vehicle control | B60W 60 · Hybrid/joint vehicle control | G06V 20 · Image/video recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd | Strong · 673 | Moderate · 262 | Moderate · 187 | Moderate · 328 | Strong · 409 |
| NVIDIA Corp | Moderate · 212 | Moderate · 154 | Moderate · 138 | Strong · 377 | Strong · 672 |
| Hyundai Motor Co Ltd | Strong · 363 | Moderate · 176 | Moderate · 146 | Moderate · 171 | Moderate · 94 |
| Motional AD LLC | Strong · 166 | Moderate · 136 | Moderate · 80 | Strong · 310 | Strong · 215 |
| LG Electronics Inc | Strong · 133 | Strong · 139 | Strong · 113 | Strong · 85 | Moderate · 48 |
| Toyota Motor Corporation | Strong · 203 | Strong · 153 | Moderate · 78 | Moderate · 68 | Absent |
Frequently asked questions
The corpus stands at 10,248 patent families in scope, with the United States as the leading filing jurisdiction and China as a close second.
NVIDIA Corp leads with 1,203 patent families, followed by Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd with 1,198. Motional AD LLC (653), Hyundai Motor (574), and HL Klemove (383) round out the top five.
The field shows 23% multi-year corpus growth but annual filings peaked in 2022 at 1,687 and have eased since. This is consistent with a mature, plateau-phase technology. Data for 2024 onward is subject to publication lag and will be revised upward.
B60W (hybrid/joint vehicle control) is by far the largest IPC class, reflecting the systems-integration character of AEB. G06V (image/video recognition), G08G (traffic control), G05D (non-electric variable control), and B60T (vehicle brakes) form the next tier.
Hyundai Motor and Kia are the most active co-filers with 466 joint patent families, a figure that substantially exceeds all other pairs. Toyota and Advics co-file on 90 families, and Toyota also collaborates with the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology on 12 families each.
B60T (vehicle brakes and braking actuation) and G01C (distance, navigation, and gyroscopes) each represent around 4% of IPC records despite being mechanically and functionally central to AEB. These branches are less densely filed than B60W or G06V and may offer entry points for organizations with hardware braking or precision positioning expertise.
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