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EP1157354 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE VISIBILITY OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL SEQUENCES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  29.10.2010
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip29.10.2010No opposition filed within time limitpublished on 01.12.2010  [2010/48]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road, CN 5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US
[2009/52]
Former [2001/48]For all designated states
Sarnoff Corporation
201 Washington Road, CN 5300
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 / US
Inventor(s)01 / Lubin, Jeffrey
3 Wallingford Drive
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 / US
02 / BRILL, Michael, Henry
1 Makefield Road, Apartment D-130
Morrisville, PA 19067 / US
 [2002/16]
Former [2001/48]01 / LUBIN, Jeffrey
104 Shrewsbury Court
Pennington, NJ 08534 / US
02 / BRILL, Michael, Henry
1 Makefield Road, Apartment D-130
Morrisville, PA 19067 / US
Representative(s)Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford Crump LLP
16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
[N/P]
Former [2008/40]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
BERESFORD & Co. 16 High Holborn London
WC1V 6BX / GB
Former [2007/10]Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis, et al
Beresford & Co 16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX / GB
Former [2001/48]Pratt, Richard Wilson
D. Young & Co, 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA / GB
Application number, filing date00913634.225.02.2000
[2001/48]
WO2000US05010
Priority number, dateUS19990121543P25.02.1999         Original published format: US 121543 P
US2000051240224.02.2000         Original published format: US 512402
[2001/48]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0051068
Date:31.08.2000
Language:EN
[2000/35]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1157354
Date:28.11.2001
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 31.08.2000 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2001/48]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1157354
Date:23.12.2009
Language:EN
[2009/52]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US31.08.2000
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP07.12.2004
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/36, G06T9/00, H04N17/00
[2005/02]
CPC:
H04N19/63 (EP)
Former IPC [2001/48]G06K9/36
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB,   NL [2004/20]
Former [2001/48]AT,  BE,  CH,  CY,  DE,  DK,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PT,  SE 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUM BEWERTEN DER VISIBILITÄT VON UNTERSCHIEDEN ZWISCHEN ZWEI SIGNALSEQUENZEN[2001/48]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE VISIBILITY OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL SEQUENCES[2001/48]
French:PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR EVALUER LE CARACTERE VISIBLE DES DIFFERENCES ENTRE DEUX SEQUENCES DE SIGNAUX[2001/48]
Entry into regional phase04.09.2001National basic fee paid 
04.09.2001Search fee paid 
04.09.2001Designation fee(s) paid 
04.09.2001Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure22.09.2000Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
04.09.2001Examination requested  [2001/48]
22.10.2008Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
21.04.2009Reply to a communication from the examining division
10.08.2009Communication of intention to grant the patent
10.11.2009Fee for grant paid
10.11.2009Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)24.09.2010No opposition filed within time limit [2010/48]
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.02.2002Renewal fee patent year 03
25.02.2003Renewal fee patent year 04
23.02.2004Renewal fee patent year 05
22.02.2005Renewal fee patent year 06
27.02.2006Renewal fee patent year 07
27.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 08
25.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 09
16.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipNL23.12.2009
[2010/36]
Documents cited:Search[Y]EP0869685  (TEKTRONIX INC [US]) [Y] 4,9 * the whole document *;
 [XY]  - WINKLER, "A Perceptual Distortion Metric for Digital Color Video", SPIE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN VISION AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING, SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA, vol. 3644, (19990101), pages 175 - 184, URL: http://spiedl.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=PSISDG003644000001000175000001&idtype=cvips, (20041117), XP002306157 [X] 1-3,6-8 * page 175 - page 180 * [Y] 4,9

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.348438
 [A]  - GONZALES, WOODS, Digital Image Processing, US, ADDISON WESLEY, (1992), XP002306266 [A] 3,4 * page 189 - page 209 * * page 413 - page 438 *
 [A]  - LUBIN J, "A HUMAN VISION SYSTEM MODEL FOR OBJECTIVE PICTURE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS", INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CONVENTION, XX, XX, (199709), pages 498 - 503, XP001127000 [A] 1-10 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/cp:19971319
International search[A]US5053861  (TSAI YUSHENG T [US], et al);
 [A]US5463702  (TRUEBLOOD JOHN W [US]);
 [A]US5517581  (JOHNSTON JAMES D [US], et al);
 [A]US5734432  (NETRAVALI ARUN NARAYAN [US], et al)
by applicantEP0869685
    - GONZALES; WOODS, Digital Image Processing, ADDISON WESLEY, (1992), pages 189 - 209
    - WINKLER, S., "A Perceptual Distortion Metric for Digital Colour Video", SPIE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN VISION AND ELECTRONIC IMAGING, (19990101), vol. 3644, pages 175 - 184
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