US PATENT SUBCLASS 382 / 100
APPLICATIONS

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382 /   HD   IMAGE ANALYSIS

100APPLICATIONS {20}
101  DF  .~> Mail processing {1}
103  DF  .~> Target tracking or detecting
104  DF  .~> Vehicle or traffic control (e.g., auto, bus, or train) {1}
106  DF  .~> Range or distance measuring
107  DF  .~> Motion or velocity measuring
108  DF  .~> Surface texture or roughness measuring
109  DF  .~> Seismic or geological sample measuring
110  DF  .~> Animal, plant, or food inspection
111  DF  .~> Textiles or clothing
112  DF  .~> Document or print quality inspection (e.g., newspaper, photographs, etc.)
113  DF  .~> Reading maps, graphs, drawings, or schematics
114  DF  .~> Reading aids for the visually impaired
115  DF  .~> Personnel identification (e.g., biometrics) {5}
128  DF  .~> Biomedical applications {5}
135  DF  .~> Reading paper currency
136  DF  .~> Reading coins
137  DF  .~> Reading bank checks (e.g., documents bearing E-13B type characters) {2}
141  DF  .~> Manufacturing or product inspection {5}
153  DF  .~> Robotics
154  DF  .~> 3-D or stereo imaging analysis

DEFINITION

Classification: 382/100

APPLICATIONS:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein the image analysis* is disclosed as being designed for or utilized in a diverse art device, system, process, or environment.

(1) Note. For classification herein, there must be significant claim recitation of an image analyzing system. Where the claims recite significant structure of the external art environment, classification is in the appropriate external art class.

(2) Note. In view of the subject matter included herein, the classification schedule for the diverse art or environment should be considered for proper search.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery,

922, for image analysis.

209, Classifying, Separating, and Assorting Solids, appropriate subclasses for sorters operating on various items such as mail, paper currency, and bank checks.

235, Registers,

375+, for systems controlled by a coded record, and subclasses 435+ for coded record sensors.

246, Railway Switches and Signals, appropriate subclasses for systems which identify trains or indicate their positions.

342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation), appropriate subclasses for object detection and positioning using radar.

348, Television,

61+, for specific uses of television in image analysis*, where a television system is an integral part of the system.

358, Facsimile,

426+, for image analysis* applied to the problem of data compression in facsimile systems; and subclasses 500+ for data processing and compression in color facsimile systems.

380, Cryptography,

9+, for encryption of data, including character data.