On November 13, the national industrial information security development research center and the electronic intellectual property center of the Ministry of industry and information technology released the "analysis report on Chinese patent technology of artificial intelligence 2020" at the 24th China International Software Expo. Novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in 2020 has not been blocked by Chinese technology innovation. However, as of October 2020, China's artificial intelligence patent applications still amounted to 694 thousand, up 56.3% over the same period.
The novel coronavirus pneumonia technology has been encouraged by the new infrastructure policy in 2020. In the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China has played an important role in developing AI technology independently, helping to fight the epidemic. The open source community of AI has been developing vigorously, providing high-quality technology to the world with an open and shared attitude and promoting the development of AI technology innovation.
The new infrastructure policy stimulates the development of artificial intelligence technology, and the number of patent applications and authorizations in China continues to rise
Under the stimulation of China's new infrastructure policy, the number of patent applications for artificial intelligence technology in China is constantly refreshing. The number of patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence in China is increasing year by year. By the end of 2019, China's total number of artificial intelligence technology patent applications exceeded that of the United States for the first time, becoming the country with the largest number of applications in the world.
Despite the outbreak of Chinese novel coronavirus pneumonia in 2020, the innovation of AI technology in China has not been blocked. As of October 2020, the total number of applications for AI in China has reached 694 thousand, up 56.3% over the same period.
Figure 1 annual change trend of artificial intelligence patent applications in China
(due to the lag in disclosure, patent data in 2020 are incomplete, and the statistical data will be up to the end of October 2020)
The innovation highland with enterprises and scientific research institutions as the main body has basically formed, and Internet enterprises have made remarkable achievements
From the distribution of applicants, Internet enterprises and colleges and universities are the main force of the development of artificial intelligence technology. Internet enterprises such as Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba are among the top in patent application and authorization. Huawei, wave and other information technology manufacturing enterprises have demonstrated strong R & D strength.Among them, baidu is in the leading position with 9364 patent applications and 2682 patent authorizations, and ranks first in the number of patent applications and authorizations in the fields of deep learning technology, intelligent voice, natural language processing, automatic driving, knowledge map, intelligent recommendation, transportation big data, etc., while Huawei ranks third and second in the total number of patent applications and licenses Bit. At the same time, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics have become important innovation subjects in the field of artificial intelligence.
Figure 2 ranking of patent application number of artificial intelligence applicants Figure 3 ranking of patent authorized number of artificial intelligence applicants
The patent distribution of each branch of AI technology is different, and the number of basic technology patents has accumulated
Statistics of patent technology branches of artificial intelligence in China show that cloud computing, as the basic supporting technology of artificial intelligence, has the largest proportion of patents, accounting for 18.38%; computer vision, as an application technology in the field of artificial intelligence, follows closely, accounting for 17.72%. Deep learning, autonomous driving and intelligent robot accounted for 14.52%, 12.36% and 9.55% respectively. Then, according to the proportion value, traffic big data accounted for 7.58%, intelligent recommendation accounted for 5.72%, natural language processing accounted for 5.65%, intelligent voice accounted for 5.35%, and knowledge mapping technology accounted for 3.16%.It is worth noting that, in addition to application technology, China's innovation bodies focus on the layout of basic technology fields. Taking deep learning as an example, the number method of specific functions, digital recognition, computer system based on biological model and other basic technology branches. China's top ten enterprises in this field of patent application, such as Baidu, Tencent, Ping An technology, have accumulated a certain number of patents, It shows that the basic research and development in specific key technology fields in China has a certain foundation.
Figure 4 technical layout of key branches of key applicants for deep learning
Patent technology of artificial intelligence helps fight against epidemic disease
The report shows that China's independent research and development of artificial intelligence technology has played an important role in epidemic prevention and control, which shows that China has a good transformation effect of artificial intelligence patent technology. As of October 2020, China's innovation subjects have applied for 3036 patents on artificial intelligence technology related to epidemic prevention and control, which are distributed in the fields of epidemic monitoring, prevention and treatment, resource allocation, etc.
In terms of epidemic monitoring, around the automatic temperature measurement system, as of the end of October 2020, Baidu, Tsinghua University and other enterprises and scientific research institutes have applied for 244 patents and 41 have been authorized. In the field of transportation big data technology, enterprises such as Baidu and State Grid of China have filed 198 patent applications, and launched information service systems such as epidemic map, epidemic situation tracking, and carpool query, effectively ensuring the tracing and tracing of people's travel and the source of the epidemic.In terms of prevention and treatment, iFLYTEK, Baidu and other enterprises have applied for 301 patents in the field of intelligent voice. Artificial intelligence technology, novel coronavirus pneumonia detection and intelligent monitoring, is applied to the 470 cases of medical treatment.In terms of resource allocation, automatic driving technology has been well applied during the epidemic period. For example, baidu Apollo announced on February 10 that it would open free low-speed mini car kits and automatic driving cloud services to enterprises serving the epidemic situation, helping partners to quickly develop disinfection vehicles and distribution vehicles, and helping the front line of epidemic prevention and control. Robot technology provides strong logistics support services for epidemic prevention and control Huawei, ZTE, Tencent and other enterprises have applied for 207 intelligent robot patents. The application of intelligent robot technology has greatly reduced the risk of epidemic transmission.
Figure 5 patent map
High quality AI open source community open sharing, join hands with the world to open a new era of intelligent win-win
China's AI open source community provides high quality, more open and friendly open source platform services. The report points out that open source platforms, including Baidu Apollo platform, paddlepadle platform, aitisa's openi intelligence platform, Tencent Angel platform, LTP of Harbin Institute of technology, etc., all have a number of patents, accelerating the promotion and application of artificial intelligence technology.
At the same time, the report points out that compared with some foreign open-source platforms, China's artificial intelligence platform adheres to the spirit of open-source and has applied for many patents around related technologies, providing high-quality services and platforms. China's AI open source platform generally adopts a friendly open source license agreement. In the face of the great changes in the world, it welcomes innovation with an open attitude, carries out technical exchanges with a win-win attitude, and opens a new era of win-win intelligence.
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