The strength of the Silicon Valley technology giant can be seen in the number of patents it applies for. Recently, the statistics report of third-party organizations shows that in the field of the most popular artificial intelligence (AI), the number of patents applied by Apple lags behind that of the main rivals, indicating that its technical strength is catching up. In the automotive related patents, Google (microblogging) ranked first. The number of Apple patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence is far behind the main rivals. According to the US technology news website VentureBeat, third-party market research company CB Insights recently announced the patent application statistics of five large technology companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Facebook. According to statistics, since 2009, five companies have applied for a total of 52,000 patents. In the field of artificial intelligence, Microsoft is in a leading position, has applied for more than 200 patents, Google ranked second, with 150. Apple ranks last among the five companies, not as good as social network Facebook. The leading edge of artificial intelligence technology is also reflected in the performance of some products. For example, the voice assistants of various companies rely on artificial intelligence and machine learning technology to varying degrees. In terms of speech recognition and answer satisfaction, Apple Siri's performance and reputation are not optimistic. When this product was first released, the maturity was not High, once became the object of "deviceing" for Apple device consumers. According to Bloomberg, Apple has begun to enhance the shortcomings of artificial intelligence and voice assistants. In October, the company recruited Russ Salakhutdinov, an expert in artificial intelligence, from Carnegie Mellon University, who will serve as director of the Apple Artificial Intelligence R&D team. A few months ago, Apple spent hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire a machine learning company (a branch of artificial intelligence) called Turi to get the company's talent team. Electric vehicles and self-driving cars have become another emerging hotspot in the technology industry. Google’s number of patents ranks first. At present, Google still has some advantages in the field of autonomous vehicles, but with the traditional car companies investing heavily in autonomous driving, Google's advantages are shrinking. This week, Google reorganized the autopilot business and reorganized it into an independent company, hoping to work with outside companies to launch some commercially viable products as soon as possible. In the automotive sector, Apple ranked second in number of patents and Amazon ranked third. Interestingly, however, in the field of autonomous vehicles, Apple is currently in a backward position, and Amazon has not yet entered the automotive business. Previously, Apple had planned to develop electric vehicles and autopilot technology. However, due to the unsatisfactory progress of the project, Apple made major adjustments and will not develop its own brand of electric vehicles in the future. Apple will develop autopilot systems and vehicles. Mobile Internet services are licensed to car companies in the future. Augmented reality and virtual reality are also seen as the next wave of technology. In this area, Microsoft ranks first in the number of patents. Although many companies have entered the field of virtual reality, Microsoft is unique in its focus on augmented reality. Microsoft has launched the more mature augmented reality helmet HoloLens and sold it to developers for $3,000. After the application is mature, Microsoft will sell a cheaper augmented reality helmet to consumers. Among the five technology companies, Microsoft has applied for the largest number of patents. Since 2009, a total of 16,500 applications have been filed, 2,000 more than Google. Apple ranked third and Amazon ranked fourth. Although Facebook is an Internet company, the company is now a high-tech company involved in many fields, such as the development of drones for the ground population, and its subsidiary Oculus has become a virtual reality market. one". Oculus even wants to be the maker of virtual reality platforms and standards. However, in the patent application, Facebook lags behind the above four giants. The company's patent library includes technology for automatically tagging and deleting offending content. Apple's recent application for a major patent is related to autonomous vehicles, involving the vehicle crash system, which indicates that Apple's automatic driving research and development is still relatively active. As for Amazon, the company’s patent application indicates that its technology research and development is transforming from traditional consumer electronic devices (such as digital book readers and tablets) to drones and network security. This month, Amazon also received a new patent that can be identified by data such as blood flow or heartbeat. This technology is quite interesting, and Amazon recently announced that it will set up a convenience store that does not need to queue up for payment. Users only need to take away their favorite products. In the process, Amazon needs various means to identify the identity of consumers. And pay through Amazon account. Shenzhen Chaoran Technology Corp. , https://www.chaoran-remote.com