IPC Subgroup
G06V 40/1 Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
Introduced: January 2022
Full Title
Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data > Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
Classification Context
- Section:
- PHYSICS
- Class:
- COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- Subclass:
- IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
Additional Content
dynamic gesture dynamic gestures movement of the hand encoding a certain meaning, e.g. deaf sign language. static gesture static gestures posture of a hand denoting a certain meaning.
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G06V 40/12 Fingerprints or palmprints
- G06V 40/14 Vascular patterns
- G06V 40/16 Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
- G06V 40/18 Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris
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