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IPC Subgroup
G06V 40/16

Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions

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 > Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions

Classification Context

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

Additional Content

eigenface eigenfaces face representation using a principal component analysis in a high-dimensional space created from images of faces. The eigenvectors of the representation are derived from the covariance matrix of the probability distribution computed in this high-dimensional vector space. fisherface fisherfaces linear discriminant analysis (LDA) applied in a multi-dimensional representation space created from a set of face images, resulting in a set of basis vectors defining that space frontal face recognition face images are generally obtained by placing a camera in front of the subject who is asked to look at the camera while the picture is taken illumination-invariant recognition recognition insensitive to changes in lighting conditions multiview face recognition employs a gallery of images of every face at various poses to cover multiple views for each face pose-invariant recognition recognition insensitive to changes in pose

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