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G06V 10/10

Image acquisition (document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60)

Introduced: January 2022

Title

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IPC: Image acquisition

CPC: Image acquisition (document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding > Image acquisition

CPC:

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding (character recognition in images or video G06V30/10) > Image acquisition (document image scanning and transmission H04N1/00; control of digital cameras H04N23/60)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

CCD charge-coupled device CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor visible light light as seen by the eye, typically in the range 400 – 750 nm IR infrared, wavelength longer than those of visible light, typically in the range 750 nm to 1 mm LIDAR light detection and ranging, optical range sensing method, which targets a laser at objects and generates a three-dimensional [3D] representation (a point cloud) NIR near-infrared, typically having wavelengths between 750 nm - 2,5 μm UAV UAVs unmanned aerial vehicle, a drone UV ultraviolet light, wavelengths shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, typically having a range of 10 nm - 400 nm X-rays electromagnetic radiation in the range 10 pm – 10 nm

Limiting references

Image acquisition in photocopiers or fax machines Controlling digital cameras

Application references

Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for optical character recognition Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for fingerprint or palmprint sensors Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for vascular sensors Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for taking pictures of the eye

CPC subdivides this area 4x more granularly than IPC with 3 additional codes.

3 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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  • G06V 10/16 CPC only CPC only
  • G06V 10/17 CPC only CPC only
  • G06V 10/19 CPC only CPC only

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