G06V 40/16
Human faces
Official title: Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions
G06V40/16 (Human faces) appears on 18,604 US grants and 24,216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06V- Granted patents
- 18,604
- Published applications
- 24,216
- Assignees
- 4,431
- Inventors
- 36,111
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38 | 19 |
| 2002 | 31 | 71 |
| 2003 | 36 | 129 |
| 2004 | 56 | 145 |
| 2005 | 62 | 196 |
| 2006 | 111 | 217 |
| 2007 | 107 | 290 |
| 2008 | 125 | 320 |
| 2009 | 138 | 346 |
| 2010 | 234 | 358 |
| 2011 | 236 | 351 |
| 2012 | 392 | 394 |
| 2013 | 434 | 507 |
| 2014 | 473 | 679 |
| 2015 | 536 | 785 |
| 2016 | 717 | 1127 |
| 2017 | 831 | 1156 |
| 2018 | 907 | 1530 |
| 2019 | 1273 | 2002 |
| 2020 | 1690 | 2216 |
| 2021 | 1789 | 2336 |
| 2022 | 1885 | 2411 |
| 2023 | 1814 | 2187 |
| 2024 | 1763 | 1833 |
| 2025 | 1727 | 1479 |
| 2026 | 1042 | 1132 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for virtual facial makeup removal and simulation, fast facial detection and landmark tracking, reduction in input video lag and shaking, and method for recommending makeup6 Oct 2026US 12,751,537 B2Shiseido Company, Ltd.
- Device and method for controlling an integrated memory system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,725 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Objects removal from video framing6 Oct 2026US 12,755,419 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,755,444 B2NEC Corporation
- Learning apparatus, inference apparatus, inference system, learning method, inference method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium6 Oct 2026US 12,755,510 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for intuitive control of collaborative robots using user-centered graphical interface, and computer program recorded on record-medium for executing method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307258 A1BRILS Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for charging and monitoring electronic devices in confinement institutions8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310778 A1Confinement Telephony Technology, LLC
- Image processing methods and apparatuses, electronic devices and storage media8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311307 A1Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Image processing method, apparatus, electronic device and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311409 A1Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
- Abnormal physical condition determination system, abnormal physical condition determination method, and computer program8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311499 A1NEC Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fully automated iris recognition system utilizing wide and narrow fields of view1,008US 6,714,665 B1Sarnoff Corporation · 2004
- Apparatus and method for automated privacy protection in distributed images712US 9,396,354 B1Snapchat, Inc. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for operator condition monitoring and assessment604US 7,027,621 B1Mikos, Ltd. · 2006
- Apparatus and method for recognizing facial expressions and facial gestures in a sequence of images575US 5,774,591 AXerox Corporation · 1998
- Hands-free interface to a virtual reality environment using head tracking566US 6,009,210 ADigital Equipment Corporation · 1999