Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data

Introduced: January 2022

Classification Context

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

Additional Content

Glossary

gesture gestures posture or hand movement denoting a certain meaning, e.g. deaf sign language.

Application references

Means to switch the anti-theft system of vehicles on or off, using biometry User authentication using biometric data for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity Identity check of a pass holder for individual registration on entry or exit using biometric data Identity check for individual registration on entry or exit without a pass using biometric data Acquiring the identification of end-users of distributed media content using their biometric characteristics

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Child Classifications

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G06V 40/1 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
G06V 40/2 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition
G06V 40/3 Writer recognition; Reading and verifying signatures
G06V 40/4 Spoof detection, e.g. liveness detection
G06V 40/5 Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof
G06V 40/6 Static or dynamic means for assisting the user to position a body part for biometric acquisition
G06V 40/7 Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities

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