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G06V 40/18

Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris

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 > Eye characteristics, e.g. of the iris

Classification Context

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

Additional Content

LoG line of gaze (optical axis) LoS line of sight (visual axis) PCR pupil corneal reflection PoR point of regard WFOV (camera) WFOV wide field of view (camera provided with a relatively large view to roughly detect the position of the eye) NFOV (camera) NFOV narrow field of view (camera provided with a narrow field of view which acquires a more precise eye image) Purkinje images Purkinje image reflections of objects present in the environment which can be seen on the structure of the eye, e.g. sclera. saliency map saliency maps map displaying areas of higher visual importance, e.g. luminance contrast, semantic contrast, etc.

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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