IPC Subgroup
G06V 10/28 Quantising the image, e.g. histogram thresholding for discrimination between background and foreground patterns
Introduced: January 2022
Full Title
Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding > Image preprocessing > Quantising the image, e.g. histogram thresholding for discrimination between background and foreground patterns
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
Additional Content
bit depth number of bits, which is available for indicating the grey level or colour of an individual pixel.
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor 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