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G06V 10/14

Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding > Image acquisition > Details of acquisition arrangements; Constructional details thereof > Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements

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) > Details of acquisition arrangements; Constructional details thereof > Optical characteristics of the device performing the acquisition or on the illumination arrangements

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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  • G06V 10/141 Control of illumination since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/143 Sensing or illuminating at different wavelengths since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/145 Illumination specially adapted for pattern recognition, e.g. using gratings since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/147 Details of sensors, e.g. sensor lenses (fingerprint or palmprint sensors G06V40/13; vascular sensors G06V40/145; eye sensors G06V40/19) since 2022 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