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DIFF Subgroup
G06T 7/50

Depth or shape recovery

Introduced: January 2017

Full Title

Image analysis > Depth or shape recovery

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2017.

Child Classifications

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  • G06T 7/507 from shading (G06T7/586 takes precedence) since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/514 from specularities since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/521 from laser ranging, e.g. using interferometry; from the projection of structured light since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/529 from texture since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/536 from perspective effects, e.g. by using vanishing points since 2017 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06T 7/543 from line drawings 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