DIFF Subgroup
G06V 40/10 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
Introduced: January 2022
Full Title
Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data > Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
Additional Content IPC
dynamic gesture dynamic gestures movement of the hand encoding a certain meaning, e.g. deaf sign language. static gesture static gestures posture of a hand denoting a certain meaning.
Of 8 combined children, 4 exist in both systems.
4 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 2022.
Child Classifications
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- G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions since 2022 +6 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