G06V 40/1312
Direct reading
Official title: {direct reading, e.g. contactless acquisition}
G06V40/1312 (Direct reading) appears on 442 US grants and 542 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06V- Granted patents
- 442
- Published applications
- 542
- Assignees
- 200
- Inventors
- 1,014
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 13 |
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| 2008 | 2 | 14 |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 | 17 |
| 2011 | 10 | 24 |
| 2012 | 19 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 13 |
| 2014 | 22 | 29 |
| 2015 | 24 | 55 |
| 2016 | 43 | 47 |
| 2017 | 41 | 37 |
| 2018 | 25 | 38 |
| 2019 | 39 | 38 |
| 2020 | 32 | 32 |
| 2021 | 28 | 32 |
| 2022 | 35 | 26 |
| 2023 | 20 | 25 |
| 2024 | 23 | 17 |
| 2025 | 18 | 13 |
| 2026 | 8 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image acquisition method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium1 Sep 2026US 12,725,457 B2Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Electronic device4 Aug 2026US 12,701,645 B2STMicroelectronics International N. V.
- Biometric reader with micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) components28 Jul 2026US 12,694,707 B1Adeia Guides Inc.
- Method for verifying the authencity of a fingerprint26 May 2026US 12,639,410 B2Idemia Identity & Security France
- Electronic device supporting fingerprint verification and method for operating the same19 May 2026US 12,633,157 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Biological information acquisition device and biological information acquisition method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268705 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Activating palm-scanning service3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260520 A1Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
- Electronic device supporting fingerprint verification and method for operating the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0253445 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Biological information acquisition device and biological information acquisition method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0237238 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Biological information acquisition device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224132 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and methods for contactless biometrics-based identification250US 9,773,151 B2University of Massachusetts · 2017
- Apparatus and method for biometric identification150US 5,335,288 A1994
- Fingerprint input apparatus149US 5,177,802 ASharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Apparatus and method for biometric identification using silhouette and displacement images of a portion of a person's hand135US 5,483,601 A1996
- Embedded authentication systems in an electronic device132US 8,782,775 B2Apple Inc. · 2014