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G06V 10/20

Image preprocessing

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding > Image preprocessing

CPC:

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding (character recognition in images or video G06V30/10) > Image preprocessing

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

DCT discrete cosine transform FFT fast Fourier transform FOV field of view, the region of the environment that an image sensor observes. ROI region of interest, an image patch that is likely to contain relevant information. skeletonisation process of shrinking a shape to a connected sequence of lines, which are equidistant to the boundaries of the shape. SNR signal-to-noise ratio VOI volume of interest, a cuboid that encloses three-dimensional [3D] data points that are likely to represent relevant information

Application references

Recognising scenes; Scene-specific elements Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition Image or video recognition or understanding of human-related, animal-related or biometric patterns in image or video data

Of 10 combined children, 9 exist in both systems.

1 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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  • G06V 10/25 Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI] since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/255 CPC only CPC only
  • G06V 10/28 Quantising the image, e.g. histogram thresholding for discrimination between background and foreground patterns since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/30 Noise filtering since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/32 Normalisation of the pattern dimensions since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/34 Smoothing or thinning of the pattern; Morphological operations; Skeletonisation since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • G06V 10/36 Applying a local operator, i.e. means to operate on image points situated in the vicinity of a given point; Non-linear local filtering operations, e.g. median filtering 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