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IPC Subclass
G06T

IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

Introduced: January 1995

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

Description

G06T encompasses digital image and video processing techniques applied to data acquired or created in visual form. This subclass covers fundamental computational methods for manipulating, analyzing, transforming, and synthesizing image data, including filtering, enhancement, compression, feature extraction, segmentation, and reconstruction. It addresses both the algorithmic and computational aspects of image handling across diverse domains such as medical imaging, remote sensing, computer vision, and multimedia applications. G06T excludes specialized applications of image processing that are classified in technology-specific sections (e.g., medical image analysis in A61B, document image processing in G06F), though the underlying computational techniques may be similar.

Additional Content

Glossary

2D two-dimensional 3D three-dimensional

Application references

Image data processing or generation specially adapted for particular applications See relevant subclasses, e.g. , , , , , ,

Related Keywords

image data EDITINGcomputer GAME(S) using screen displaysimage data GENERATIONIMAGE(S) data processingimage data PROCESSING

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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