Biometrics Market & IP Landscape

Biometrics refers to recognition of individuals based on their physical or behavioral characteristics or identifiers. Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to label and describe individuals.

Examples of biometric identifiers include fingerprint identification, voice recognition and authentication, iris and retina recognition, face recognition, vein recognition, speech pattern analysis, hand geometry analysis, gait analysis, and keystroke dynamics.

Biometric technologies are rapidly becoming a part of daily life

Through integration with mobile devices, many of us interact with some form of biometric authentication every day. Electronics manufacturers are creating their freedom to operate in the biometrics market by actively filing patents across domains of computer science and for universal identification and access control.

Recently, Apple was granted a U.S. patent covering a system capable of identifying AirPods wearers via inner ear biometrics. Apple has also applied for a U.S. patent application covering an in-cell optical sensing that turns an iPhone’s screen into a display and a camera that allow biometric sensing (e.g., face, fingerprint, or retina sensing). The invention could have used various portable electronic devices, such as head-mounted displays and smart glasses, and watches.

Biometric technologies are also increasingly used in the automotive industry

In-car biometrics recognize driver attention and drowsiness, monitor vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure) and even provide warnings about a potential epileptic seizure. Major automobile manufacturers and OEM automotive suppliers are now competing to integrate differentiated biometric functions to support driving safety and comfort improvements.

For example, Tesla has implemented biometric driver monitoring as a safety improvement in Model 3 and Model Y Cars. It allows an extra layer of checks to determine if drivers were paying attention to the road while using Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features. LG Electronics filed patent applications for its biometric authentication system via in-vehicle cameras that can recognize the driver and other passengers and detect their gestures and finger movements. The patented technology can be linked to autonomous driving, augmented reality and 5G mobile communications.

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Key concepts: fingerprint identification, voice recognition and authentication, iris and retina recognition, face recognition, vein recognition, speech pattern analysis, hand geometry analysis, gait analysis, and keystroke dynamics

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More than 25,000 de-duplicated global simple patent families published in (machine translated) English since 2015
Technical literature, scientific, medical and engineering journal abstracts, full text (when available) & images published in English since 2017
News articles, press releases, business research, market forecasts, announcements and magazine content published in English since 2020