Image acquisition

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition > Character recognition > Image acquisition

CPC:

Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition (scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like H04N1/00) > Character recognition > Image acquisition

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 6 additional codes.

6 codes are CPC-only extensions.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 2022.

Child Classifications

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G06V 30/141 CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments since 2022 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G06V 30/1429 CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/1431 CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/1434 CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/1437 CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/144 using a slot moved over the image; using discrete sensing elements at predetermined points; using automatic curve following means since 2022 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G06V 30/1444 +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
G06V 30/146 Aligning or centring of the image pick-up or image-field since 2022 +5 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
G06V 30/148 Segmentation of character regions since 2022 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

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

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

Top Applicants (CPC)

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

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