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G06V 10/1

Image acquisition

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding > Image acquisition

Classification Context

Section:
PHYSICS
Class:
COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
Subclass:
IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Additional Content

Glossary

CCD charge-coupled device CMOS complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor visible light light as seen by the eye, typically in the range 400 – 750 nm IR infrared, wavelength longer than those of visible light, typically in the range 750 nm to 1 mm LIDAR light detection and ranging, optical range sensing method, which targets a laser at objects and generates a three-dimensional [3D] representation (a point cloud) NIR near-infrared, typically having wavelengths between 750 nm - 2,5 μm UAV UAVs unmanned aerial vehicle, a drone UV ultraviolet light, wavelengths shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays, typically having a range of 10 nm - 400 nm X-rays electromagnetic radiation in the range 10 pm – 10 nm

Limiting references

Image acquisition in photocopiers or fax machines Controlling digital cameras

Application references

Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for optical character recognition Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for fingerprint or palmprint sensors Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for vascular sensors Image acquisition arrangements specifically designed for taking pictures of the eye

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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