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1. The number of AI papers in the United States leads China, and the number of patents in China is only the fifth;
Set micro-mesh news, the United States and China are competing to invest artificial intelligence (AI), the United States the number of AI patents to force China, but China eagerly catching up in the number of papers, ranked second.
Korean media BusinessKorea reported on the 22nd that South Korea's IT for Information and Communications Technology Promotion (IITP) tracked the number of AI applications filed by patent agencies in the United States, Japan, China, the EU and South Korea from early 2005 to September 2017, The number of AI patents in the United States topped the list, followed by Japan in second place and third in South Korea, followed by Germany, China, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom and Taiwan.
If we look at the number of AI papers, from the beginning of 2005 to the beginning of August this year, the United States will still be crowned. China will rank second, followed by Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, South Korea, France, Spain and Italy.
South Korea applied for the largest number of AI patents for Samsung Electronics, with a total of 3,188 pieces, followed by LG Electronics for 899 patents, followed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) for 865 patents.
2. plus a cell phone face unlocking accused of infringement has not been prosecuted;
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Sina Technology News Beijing December 22 evening news, facial recognition and biometrics company CEO SensibleVision George Brostoff said today that China's smart phone manufacturers 'plus cell phones' facial recognition technology violated SensibleVision's patent.
As we all know, 'One Plus 5T' phone is one of the most striking feature is 'Face Unlock.' Users simply face to face, press the power button to unlock the function principle is: the use of 1600 Megapixel front camera, with the appropriate software, facial recognition can be realized.
However, SensibleVision CEO Bristol said in an interview today, a mobile phone facial recognition technology at least one element of the company's patent infringement .Brosttov said: 'We did not grant a plus cell phone patents Technology, but in the video, they may at least have violated one of our patents. '
Brestov also said the company's patented technology was not the first to be infringed by other companies, and SensibleVision has warned several infringing companies over the past few years that, as of the one-cell-phone infringement, Brestov claimed The company's legal team is investigating the matter.
According to the patent that SensibleVision has obtained, any security verification technology used on any device that infringes SensibleVision's technology patents by simply using the camera for biometrics and using the screen as a light source.
So far, SensibleVision does not appear to have filed a lawsuit against a cell phone.
3. Apple to reduce the performance of the old cell phone rage Encounter two class actions a day;
On Wednesday, Apple publicly confirmed that the performance of the old phone was reduced in order to avoid a sudden shutdown, etc. Apple's statement triggered a consumer anger.According to foreign media latest news, within a day after the apple in the The U.S. suffered two consumer class actions, with consumers accusing Apple of cheating and hurting consumers.
Previously, consumers in California began a class action lawsuit.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times website, five Apple consumers filed a lawsuit in a Chicago court on Thursday saying they were "deceptive and immoral" and violated consumer protection laws.
Five consumers include two Illinois residents and residents of Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina who own a number of affected older Apple phones, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 7. The lawsuit is classified as a class action lawsuit , Meaning that other Apple consumers can also join the ranks of the plaintiff to make a claim.
The plaintiffs pointed out that Apple's iOS upgrade intentionally reduces the performance and speed of iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 handsets, affecting consumers' usage.
Recently, the Internet have questioned the performance of older phones, Apple has been reduced in order to urge consumers to buy new Apple mobile phones.Many consumers also pointed out that after the replacement of the iPhone's battery, the phone performance has improved, the third party The run-off data also provided relevant evidence.
Apple finally confirmed speculation on Wednesday that Apple said that as older phones' lithium batteries drained more and in some cases led to a lack of current, causing the phone to shut down suddenly, Apple said in a recent iOS upgrade , Apple has limited the performance of older phones in order to avoid a sudden shutdown.
According to Apple's announcement, as long as the old cell phone battery replacement, the cell phone processing performance will naturally return to normal levels.
The plaintiffs said that Apple's conduct violated the U.S. federal and state laws that protect consumers from business fraudulent acts.According to plaintiff's lawyer James Vlahakis, Apple betrays the trust of consumers, Apple's move is intended to allow consumers to spend Money to buy a new phone.
The lawyer said the company must be aware that consumers are rational when they use hard-earned money to buy a product and expect the product to perform as expected, but Apple appears to be deliberately hiding the reason why older phones are getting slower and slower .
In the petition, the plaintiff said that replacing the battery would allow users to continue using the old iPhone, but Apple unnecessarily let consumers buy newer and more expensive mobile phones.
The plaintiffs requested Apple compensation, but the exact amount has not yet been determined.
In the first class action litigation in Los Angeles, California, the plaintiffs found Apple to be detrimental to the value of the product. They demanded that Apple stop any efforts to reduce the performance of older devices and compensate affected consumers.
In Apple's statement, the company said it is continuing to extend this "capability" to other devices.
Prior to Apple, similar cases and lawsuits in the smartphone industry were yet to emerge, with handset makers avoiding cellphone shutdowns by reducing their cellphone processing speed.
In the entire smartphone market, including iPhones and Android phones, users have a longer quarter-cycle, mainly due to advances in technology, more durable smartphones, and the assimilation of Android phones, as well as the last four or five years of Apple's mobile phone ' Minor repairs' mode, the lack of product innovation, affecting the enthusiasm of consumers change machines.
In addition, the global mobile telecommunications industry has gradually eliminated the subsidy system and replaced it with an installment system. The increase in the cost of consumers buying bare metal also makes the desires for upgrading declining.
With the gradual initiation of litigation by U.S. consumers, whether consumers in other countries will also safeguard their rights through legal means will be worth attention.
4. Are talking about smart car Lianxiang car can not think of the most patented enterprise is?
Intelligent network of vehicles in the United States are increasingly sought after both at home and abroad, now do not mention intelligent network technology, are embarrassed to engage in automotive conference.
But when everyone is talking about smart car, which is the strongest technical strength? Patent is an important measure of business technology indicators, the number of patents to measure this indicator, the answer may be contrary to many people's expectations.
Released on December 18, "2017 China Automotive Technology Development Report" shows that as of 2016, the number of domestic patents on automotive technology patents, Geely 364 in the domestic applicants ranked first, Chang'an University in 323 Item ranked second, Chery Automobile ranked third with 307, BYD ranked sixth with 183, Beiqi Foton ranked 176 with 176th.
The report shows that among the top 15 patent applicants, colleges and universities occupy 6 seats, with the exception of Changan University No. 2, Jilin University (170), Southeast University (148), Tsinghua University (126) , Jiangsu University (124), Tongji University (117).
Among the remaining 9 applicants, 5 are non-traditional enterprises, namely Botai Zhenyue (264), State Grid (217), Loulan Technology (139), Leica Automobile (124), Yuan Zheng Technology (115) .
From the number of domestic patent applicants to disclose the amount of view, there are quite a few surprising places, first, the current momentum of the largest new energy car prices are not prominent, BYD ranked only 6, BAIC New Energy did not short-listed; Is several major state-owned automobile group vacancies, none of the shortlisted, SAIC is so active in the layout of new energy vehicles, smart cars are not short-listed, really surprising; Third, non-traditional car prices, in addition to the national grid, the finalists almost Are 'new faces', Wei to, Weimar, Xiaopeng and other thriving trucking new forces, but also no finalists.
In contrast, the rankings of foreign applicants are not that surprising. According to the report, Toyota (499), Hyundai (493), General Motors (443), Bosch (422), Ford (411) Denso (273), Honda (145), Nissan (122), Mitsubishi (93), BMW (90).
As can be seen from this ranking, multinational car companies have been active in China, the layout of the intelligent network of related technologies, and several giants are significantly higher than the number of domestic car prices, if the unexpected, then the modern very positive, and the A Toyota patent disclosure is extremely close to the number, which can not help but guess that the intelligent network of technology will become the Korean car re-emergence of the weapon?
The biggest surprise is that the list did not even Volkswagen.Want to lead the Chinese market the next 30 years of the public, even in China's smart car technology patents leading, greatly unexpected.
The China Automotive Technology Development Report (2017) (2017 Automotive Red Book) was co-authored by China Society of Automotive Engineers and Toyota Motor Co. This is the third time since 2015 that the China Automotive Engineering Society and Toyota Motor Company jointly launched the China Automotive Technology Develop annual report.
Compared with the previous two reports, a highlight of the "China Automotive Technology Development Report (2017)" is the introduction of the "Smart Car of Lianhe Automobile Co., Ltd." in addition to the annual assessment report 2016-2017 of the Roadmap for Energy- Technology Roadmap Annual Evaluation Report 2016-2017 "The report pointed out that China's intelligent network of vehicles significantly faster than expected growth rate, the progress of its development is expected to be achieved earlier than the set goals.
Gong Wei Jie, Deputy Secretary General of China Society of Automotive Engineers, said in the report: 'At present, China's automobile industry has made new breakthroughs in the field of energy-saving engines such as engine thermal efficiency, low windage, light weight and hybrid power. In the development of a completely new platform for pure electric vehicles, Performance plug-in hybrid system, energy consumption of vehicle, energy density of power battery, power density of driving motor, etc. In the autonomous driving platform, autonomous vehicle operating system, LTE-V technical standards and products, 5G Technology and other intelligent networking vehicles have reached international standards in the field of synchronization, and driving assistance (DA) autonomous driving has been industrialized and accelerated towards partial automatic driving (PA) and conditional automatic driving (CA).
According to the report, the development of China's intelligent car networking industry still faces many challenges. The main manifestations are as follows: the weak foundation of electronic manufacturing and the challenges of the lack of basic support for the smart car industry's eco-construction; the strategic alliance of multinational corporations, from market technologies Standard squeeze the domestic industry; artificial intelligence cross-border integration, intelligent network development there is still greater uncertainty.
The Report suggests accelerating the establishment of the top-level coordination mechanism for the development of intelligent networking in the automobile industry, promoting the legislation, revision of law and interpretation of laws on intelligent networking in an orderly manner, perfecting the construction of intelligent network-linked automobile information security system and speeding up the public Road test specification.
Zhang Jinhua, executive vice president and secretary general of China Society of Automotive Engineers, said the industry needs new blood when the industry changes, but it is noteworthy that a large influx of IT and Internet companies will bring quality products. Enterprises do not feel impetuous, some new car prices in publicity more high-profile, but in the actual product development to promote solid, strict security to ensure product quality, 'keep doing the bottom line'. "Economic Observer Online
5. Apple was unmanned navigation patent: the mother of Apple's AI project
Netease Technology News December 22, according to foreign media reports CNET, Thursday, disclosed by the media a patent discloses the latest research and development of Apple's driverless car, and Apple CEO Tim Cook (Tim Cook) The technology referred to in this patent is also referred to as the mother of all AI projects.
On Thursday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office released the license, the Autonomous Navigation System, which appears to have led Apple to develop the technology since at least 2015.
In the patent, Apple describes a way to make autonomous navigation systems more efficient for unmanned vehicles that will allow Apple's unmanned navigation system to reduce its reliance on well-marked maps when it's working .
The patent also claims that at present, most unmanned systems are based on static information such as maps. They often use sensors to identify objects on the road in real time. This method can reduce the number of drivers The superb computing power a driverless car needs.
And Apple's unmanned navigation system differs from these mainstream methods by not requiring it to receive any data from any external device and without having to load any locally stored navigation data to monitor its navigation. "
Apple's proposal is through the use of automotive sensors and processors, using a computational model to predict the road when the vehicle driving.
A year ago, when Bloomberg News published an article disclosing that Apple was using VR technology to test its driverless cars, then Apple was also submitting a copy to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration In the letter, I talked about being investing in a type of transportation-related driverless technology.
As of press time ago, Apple has not comment on this incident.