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EP1301896 - SEGMENTATION OF A POSTAL OBJECT DIGITAL IMAGE BY HOUGH TRANSFORM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  01.12.2006
Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.12.2008Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): CY
published on 14.01.2009  [2009/03]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Solystic
14, avenue Raspail
94257 Gentilly Cedex / FR
[2003/16]
Inventor(s)01 / ARCAS-LUQUE, Gilles
19, rue du Progrès
F-92220 Bagneux / FR
02 / PIETRI, Olivier
837, chemin de la Plaine
F-06250 MOUGINS / FR
 [2003/26]
Former [2003/24]01 / ARCAS-LUQUE, Gilles
28, avenue Benoît Guichon
F-94230 Cachan / FR
02 / PIETRI, Olivier
837, chemin de la Plaine
F-06250 MOUGINS / FR
Former [2003/16]01 / ARCAS-LUQUE, Gilles
28, avenue Benoît Guichon
F-94230 Cachan / FR
02 / PIETRI, Olivier
12, rue du Plessis Piquet
F-92140 Clamart / FR
Representative(s)Prugneau, Philippe, et al
Cabinet Prugneau-Schaub 3 avenue Doyen Louis Weil Le Grenat - EUROPOLE
38000 Grenoble / FR
[2006/16]
Former [2003/16]Prugneau, Philippe
Cabinet Prugneau - Schaub, 36, rue des Petits Champs
75002 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date01947519.319.06.2001
[2003/16]
WO2001FR01902
Priority number, dateFR2000000824627.06.2000         Original published format: FR 0008246
[2003/16]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO0201489
Date:03.01.2002
Language:FR
[2002/01]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1301896
Date:16.04.2003
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2002 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2003/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1301896
Date:25.01.2006
Language:FR
[2006/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP03.01.2002
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/32
[2003/16]
CPC:
G06V20/62 (EP,US); G06V30/1478 (EP,US); G06V30/18067 (EP,US);
G06V30/424 (EP,US); G06V30/10 (EP,US)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   CH,   CY,   DE,   DK,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   SE,   TR [2003/16]
Extension statesALNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
RONot yet paid
SINot yet paid
TitleGerman:SEGMENTIERUNG EINES DIGITALEN BILDES VON EINEM POSTOBJEKT DURCH HOUGH-TRANSFORMATION[2003/16]
English:SEGMENTATION OF A POSTAL OBJECT DIGITAL IMAGE BY HOUGH TRANSFORM[2003/16]
French:SEGMENTATION D'UNE IMAGE NUMERIQUE D'UN OBJET POSTAL PAR LA TRANSFORMATION DE HOUGH[2003/16]
Entry into regional phase27.01.2003National basic fee paid 
27.01.2003Designation fee(s) paid 
27.01.2003Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.10.2001Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
27.01.2003Examination requested  [2003/16]
05.07.2005Communication of intention to grant the patent
15.11.2005Fee for grant paid
15.11.2005Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)26.10.2006No opposition filed within time limit [2007/01]
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.06.2003Renewal fee patent year 03
30.06.2004Renewal fee patent year 04
30.06.2005Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT25.01.2006
CY25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
TR25.01.2006
GR26.04.2006
LU19.06.2006
MC30.06.2006
[2009/03]
Former [2008/37]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
TR25.01.2006
GR26.04.2006
LU19.06.2006
MC30.06.2006
Former [2008/20]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
GR26.04.2006
MC30.06.2006
Former [2007/45]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
MC30.06.2006
Former [2007/36]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
IT25.01.2006
MC30.06.2006
Former [2007/07]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
MC30.06.2006
Former [2006/48]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
IE25.01.2006
Former [2006/43]AT25.01.2006
FI25.01.2006
Former [2006/36]FI25.01.2006
Cited inInternational search[A]US5054098  (LEE YONGCHUN [US]) [A] 1 * Col. 5 Paragraphe "Modified Hough Transform"*;
 [A]  - YU B ET AL, "A ROBUST AND FAST SKEW DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR GENERIC DOCUMENTS", PATTERN RECOGNITION,US,PERGAMON PRESS INC. ELMSFORD, N.Y, (19961001), vol. 29, no. 10, ISSN 0031-3203, pages 1599 - 1629, XP000633789 [A] 1 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0031-3203(96)00020-9
 [A]  - WILLARD K, "AN APPROACH TO THE AUTOMATIC RETRIEVAL OF LATENT FINGERPRINTS", PROCEEDINGS CARNAHAN CONFERENCE ON CRIME COUNTERMEASURES,XX,XX, (19750507), pages 45 - 51, XP000614256 [A] 1 * Section "Ridge Directions" *;; figure 5 *
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