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EP About this file: EP1775664

EP1775664 - Image processing apparatus [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  02.09.2016
Database last updated on 18.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip02.09.2016Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 05.10.2016  [2016/40]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Corporation
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa
Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2007/16]For all designated states
SONY CORPORATION
6-7-35 Kitashinagawa Shinagawa-ku
Tokyo 141 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Ogawa, Kaname
c/o Sony Corporation, 7-35, Kitashinagawa 6-chome
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo / JP
 [2007/16]
Representative(s)Müller Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte mbB
St.-Martin-Straße 58
81541 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2007/16]Müller - Hoffmann & Partner
Patentanwälte, Innere Wiener Strasse 17
81667 München / DE
Application number, filing date06021090.306.10.2006
[2007/16]
Priority number, dateJP2005029605211.10.2005         Original published format: JP 2005296052
[2007/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP1775664
Date:18.04.2007
Language:EN
[2007/16]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP1775664
Date:04.11.2009
[2009/45]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP05.10.2009
ClassificationIPC:G06F17/30
[2007/16]
CPC:
G06F16/7335 (EP,US); H04N5/91 (KR); G06V20/40 (EP,US);
G06F16/7837 (EP,US); G06F16/785 (EP,US); H04N5/92 (KR)
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2010/27]
Former [2007/16]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Bildverarbeitungsvorrichtung[2007/16]
English:Image processing apparatus[2007/16]
French:Appareil de traitement d'images[2007/16]
Examination procedure04.12.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.12.2009Examination requested  [2010/02]
05.05.2010Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
09.06.2010Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
15.02.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
25.06.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.05.2016Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2016/40]
30.05.2016Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: renewal fee not paid in time  [2016/40]
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  15.02.2012
Fees paidRenewal fee
14.10.2008Renewal fee patent year 03
13.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 04
25.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 05
20.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
23.10.2012Renewal fee patent year 07
24.10.2013Renewal fee patent year 08
23.10.2014Renewal fee patent year 09
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Documents cited:Search[A] EP1024444  (TOSHIBA KK et al.) [A] 2,4,6,7 * abstract * * paragraphs [0021] , [0073] - [0082] *
 [A] US6195497  (NAGASAKA AKIO et al.) [A] 1-15 * abstract * * column 4, line 42 - column 5, line 67 * * column 6, lines 44-58 * * column 10, line 45 - column 11, line 22 *
 [A] US6925245  (MIYATAKE TAKEFUMI et al.) [A] 1-15 * column A; figures 2,3 * * column 3, line 41 - column 4, line 33 *
 [A] US6442538  (NOJIMA HIROSHI et al.) [A] 8-11,15 * column 7, line 66 - column 8, line 18; figure 7 *
 [A] US6408301  (PATTON DAVID L et al.) [A] 1-15 * column A; figures 1-3 * * column 3, line 43 - column 5, line 8 *
 [X]   NAGASAKA A ET AL: "AUTOMATIC VIDEO INDEXING AND FULL-VIDEO SEARCH FOR OBJECT APPEARANCES", VISUAL DATABASE SYSTEMS, II. SECOND WORKING CONFERENCE, 30 SEP. - 3 OCT. 1991, BUDAPEST, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 30 September 1991 (1991-09-30), pages 113 - 127, XP000473004 [X] 1-7,12-14 * abstract * * pages 115-118, paragraphs 2,2.1-2.3 * * pages 119-120, paragraph 2.5 * * page 121, paragraph 3.1 * * page 125, lines 7,8,29-42 *
 [X]   UEDA H ET AL: "AUTOMATIC STRUCTURE VISUALIZATION FOR VIDEO EDITING", PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS. (INTERCHI), AMSTERDAM, APR. 24 - 29, 1993, ADDISON WESLEY, US, vol. -, 24 April 1993 (1993-04-24), pages 137 - 141, XP000195707 [X] 1-15 * abstract * * figures plates,1-4 * * page 138, column L, paragraph CUT SEPARATION * * pages 138-139, paragraph OBJECT PRESENCE JUDGMENT * * page 139, column R - page 140, column L *
 [A]   NAKAJIMA Y: "A VIDEO BROWSING USING FAST SCENE CUT DETECTION FOR AN EFFICIENT NETWORKED VIDEO DATABASE ACCESS", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, INFORMATION & SYSTEMS SOCIETY, TOKYO, JP, vol. E77-D, no. 12, 1 December 1994 (1994-12-01), pages 1355 - 1364, XP000497103, ISSN: 0916-8532 [A] 2,4,6,7 * abstract * * page 1357, column L, line 7 - page 1358, line 9 * * page 1358, column L, line L, paragraph 2.3 *
 [A]   SUGANO M ET AL: "A fast scene change detection on MPEG coding parameter domain", PROCEEDINGS 1998 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING, ICIP 98, CHICAGO, USA, 4-7 OCT. 1998, IEEE COMPUT. SOC., vol. 1, 4 October 1998 (1998-10-04), pages 888 - 892, XP010308703, ISBN: 978-0-8186-8821-8 [A] 2,4,6,7 * abstract * * page 888, paragraph 2.2 - page 889, paragraph 2.3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.1998.723663
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