1. Technology Background 
1.1 Definition 
2. Patent Portfolio Deployment 
2.1 Patent Mining 
2.1 Patent Analysis 
2.1.1 Analysis by Field 
2.1.2 Analysis of Change in Patent Count Share by Field 
2.1.3 Analysis by Field by Application Year 
2.1.4 Analysis by Field by Brand 
2.1.5 Analysis by Technology 
2.1.6 Analysis by Technology and Application Year 
2.1.7 Analysis by Technology by Brand 
2.1.8 Analysis by Application 
2.1.9 Analysis by Application by Application Year 
2.1.10 Analysis of 20 Major IT Brands’ R&D Intensity 
3. MIC Perspective 
Appendix 
Glossary of Terms 
List of Companies 
 

Background of face recognition technology

Analysis of face recognition patent counts by field, by technology, by application for the period 2014-2018

Analysis of face recognition patent deployment strategies of 20 major IT brands, including Facebook, HP, Qualcomm, Panasonic, Adobe Systems, LG, Apple, DigitalOptics, Honeywell, Fujifilm, Eastman Kodak, Amazon, Intel, Canon, IBM, Samsung, Sony, Google, Microsoft, and FotoNation and includes the assessment of their R&D intensity. 
 

Figure 1 US Face Recognition Patent Count Share by Field 
Figure 2 20 Major IT Brands and Their R&D Intensity Associated with Face Recognition Technology 

Table 1 Analysis of Change in the US Face Recognition Patent Count Share by Field, 2014-2018 
Table 2 Analysis of US Face Recognition Patent Counts by Field by Application Year 
Table 3 20 Major IT Brands and Their Face Recognition Patent Counts by Field 
Table 4 US Face Recognition Patent Count Share by Technology 
Table 5 Analysis of US Face Recognition Patent Counts by Technology by Application Year 
Table 6 20 Major IT Brands and Their US Face Recognition Patent Counts by Technology 
Table 7 US Face Recognition Patent Count Share by Application 
Table 8 US Face Recognition Patent Counts by Application by Application Year