G06V 40/00 Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
Introduced: January 2022
Additional Content IPC
Glossary
gesture gestures posture or hand movement denoting a certain meaning, e.g. deaf sign language.
Application references
Means to switch the anti-theft system of vehicles on or off, using biometry User authentication using biometric data for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity Identity check of a pass holder for individual registration on entry or exit using biometric data Identity check for individual registration on entry or exit without a pass using biometric data Acquiring the identification of end-users of distributed media content using their biometric characteristics
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 2022.
Child Classifications
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- G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands since 2022 +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition (recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16) since 2022 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/30 Writer recognition; Reading and verifying signatures since 2022 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/40 Spoof detection, e.g. liveness detection since 2022 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/50 Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof since 2022 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/60 Static or dynamic means for assisting the user to position a body part for biometric acquisition since 2022 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- G06V 40/70 Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities since 2022 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