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Development of Apple's Facial Recognition Technology and Products - Research and Markets
[November 17, 2017]

Development of Apple's Facial Recognition Technology and Products - Research and Markets


The "Development of Apple's Facial Recognition Technology and Products" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

Smartphones with a facial recognition feature have become trendy for leading vendors in recent years. As a landmark in the development of specifications and technologies of smartphones, Apple (News - Alert) has demonstrated its ambition in facial recognition by acquiring seven companies in this field during the period 2010-2017. This report discusses the trends of Apple's facial recognition products by analyzing its patent applications and the core technologies it has acquired over the years.

List of Topics:

  • Development of facial recognition technology now and then, touching on its key technology development and features
  • Outline of facial recognition technologies adopted by Apple for the period 2009-2017 and includes the analysis of company's facial recognition patent portfolios and deployment strategies
  • Analysis of Apple's acquisitions of facial recognition companies and the application over the years, including Polar Rose, Real Face, PrimeSense, Faceshift, Emotent, Perceptio, Turi, and LinX



Key Topics Covered:

1. Development Trends of Facial Recognition Technology


1.1 Facial Recognition Technology Development

1.1.1 Enhanced Computing Performance and Maturity of Big Data Analytics Fuel Facial Recognition Development

1.2 Accuracy and Instantaneity as Key Features of Facial Recognition

1.2.1 3D Facial Recognition for the Future

2. Facial Recognition Technologies Adopted by Apple

3. Apple's Facial Recognition Patent Portfolios

3.1 Aggressive Development after 2009 with Early Patents Acquired Externally

3.2 Application-based Patents Account for 55% with Focus on Multimedia

3.3 Face Detection Accounts for Major Share of Patents with Most Recognition Technologies Acquired Externally

3.4 Device Access Control as Next Key Focus

4. Acquisition of Facial Recognition Companies

4.1 Polar Rose and RealFace: Facial Recognition Algorithms

4.1.1 Polar Rose: 3D Facial Recognition

4.1.2 RealFace: Real-time Recognition

4.2 PrimeSense: 3D Face Capture

4.3 Faceshift and Emotient: Facial Expression and Emotion Analysis

4.4 Perceptio and Turi: Fundamental AI Technologies

4.5 LinX: Micro-image Sensor

5. Conclusion

Companies Mentioned

  • Apple
  • Eastman Kodak
  • Emotient
  • Faceshift
  • Google (News - Alert)
  • Ground Truth Vision
  • HP
  • ImageID
  • Linx
  • Microsoft
  • Perceptio
  • Polar Rose
  • PrimeSense
  • RealFace
  • Tur

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