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G06T 7/10

Segmentation; Edge detection (motion-based segmentation G06T7/215)

Introduced: January 2017

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Segmentation; Edge detection

CPC: Segmentation; Edge detection (motion-based segmentation G06T7/215)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Image analysis > Segmentation; Edge detection

CPC:

Image analysis > Segmentation; Edge detection (motion-based segmentation G06T7/215)

Additional Content IPC

Limiting references

Motion-based segmentation

Application references

Segmentation of character regions Extraction of features or characteristics of the image

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 13 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 2017.

Child Classifications

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  • G06T 7/11 Region-based segmentation since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/12 Edge-based segmentation since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/13 Edge detection since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/136 involving thresholding since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/143 involving probabilistic approaches, e.g. Markov random field [MRF] modelling since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/149 involving deformable models, e.g. active contour models since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/155 involving morphological operators since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/162 involving graph-based methods since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/168 involving transform domain methods since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/174 involving the use of two or more images since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/181 involving edge growing; involving edge linking since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/187 involving region growing; involving region merging; involving connected component labelling since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/194 involving foreground-background segmentation since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 66,669
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,313
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 41,918
  4. GOOGLE US 32,969
  5. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 30,822
  6. INTEL CORPORATION US 30,010
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 28,235
  8. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 26,079
  9. APPLE US 21,891
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,505

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 76,952
  2. IBM (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION) US 62,841
  3. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING US 44,778
  4. GOOGLE US 35,735
  5. INTEL CORPORATION US 32,087
  6. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY CN 30,572
  7. TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY 25,023
  8. APPLE US 23,482
  9. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 22,548
  10. HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY 20,917