A61B 5/1176
Recognition of faces
Official title: {Recognition of faces}
A61B5/1176 (Recognition of faces) appears on 532 US grants and 768 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Apparatus, methods, and computer programs for controlling use of sensor data16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198862 A1Omnibuds Ltd
- Separate age/id verification module for aerosol delivery device25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174154 A1RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for measuring biosignal using rppg with facial image noise reduction18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170866 A1Emma Healthcare Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mesh network stroke monitoring appliance471US 7,558,622 B22009
- Face recognition system439US 5,164,992 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1992
- Method and apparatus for uniquely identifying individuals by particular physical characteristics and security system utilizing the same375US 4,975,969 A1990
- Fitness monitoring360US 8,764,651 B22014
- Method and apparatus for recognizing and classifying individuals based on minutiae335US 6,173,068 B2Mikos, Ltd. · 2001