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G06V 30/14

Image acquisition

Introduced: January 2022

Full Title

Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition > Character recognition > Image acquisition

Classification Context

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

Related Keywords

READING printed or written characters

4 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
  • G06V 30/144 using a slot moved over the image; using discrete sensing elements at predetermined points; using automatic curve following means
  • G06V 30/146 Aligning or centering of the image pick-up or image-field
  • G06V 30/148 Segmentation of character regions

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