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EP1669930 - Image processing unit, game machine, image processing method, and recording medium [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application is deemed to be withdrawn Status updated on 22.02.2013 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	22.02.2013	Application deemed to be withdrawn	published on 27.03.2013 [2013/13]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Kabushiki Kaisha Sega doing business as Sega Corporation 2-12, Haneda 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	[2007/03]
Former [2006/24]	For all designated states SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD. 2-12, Haneda, 1-chome, Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Mukoyama, Toshiyuki@c/o Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	02 / Okuda, Masako@c/o Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	03 / Nimura, Tomohiro@c/o Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	04 / Hirose, Tetsuichiro@c/o Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	05 / Miyashia, Masaki@c/o Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	[2012/21]
Former [2006/24]	01 / Mukoyama, Toshiyuki c/o Sega Enterprises Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	02 / Okuda, Masako c/o Sega Enterprises Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	03 / Nimura, Tomohiro c/o Sega Enterprises Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	04 / Hirose, Tetsuichiro c/o Sega Enterprises Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
	05 / Miyashia, Masaki c/o Sega Enterprises Ltd. 2-12 Haneda 1-chome Ohta-ku Tokyo 144-8531 / JP
Representative(s)	Treeby, Philip David William, et al Maucher Jenkins Seventh Floor Offices Artillery House 11-19 Artillery Row London SW1P 1RT / GB
	[N/P]
Former [2006/24]	Treeby, Philip David William, et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co., 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date	06075264.9	12.05.1999
	[2006/24]
Priority number, date	JP19980138134	20.05.1998 Original published format: JP 13813498
	[2006/24]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP1669930
	Date:	14.06.2006
	Language:	EN
	[2006/24]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP1669930
	Date:	06.09.2006
	[2006/36]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	09.08.2006
Classification	IPC:	G06T15/04, G06T17/20	[2012/11]
	CPC:	G06T15/04 (EP,US); A63F13/10 (EP); A63F13/45 (EP); A63F13/52 (US); G06T15/10 (EP,US); G06T15/205 (EP,US); (+) G06T15/50 (EP,US); G06T15/503 (EP,US); G06T15/506 (EP,US); G06T15/60 (EP,US); G06T17/00 (EP,US); G06T17/10 (EP,US); A63F13/822 (US); A63F2300/66 (EP,US); A63F2300/6646 (EP,US); A63F2300/6653 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2006/24]	G06T15/00
Designated contracting states	DE, ES, FR, GB, IT [2006/24]
Title	German:	Bild-Prozessor, Spiele-Maschine, Bild-Berarbeitungs-Verfahren, und Speicher-Medium	[2006/24]
	English:	Image processing unit, game machine, image processing method, and recording medium	[2006/24]
	French:	Processeur d'image, machine de distraction, procede de traitement d'image et support d'enregistrement	[2006/24]
Examination procedure	06.03.2007	Examination requested [2007/16]
	04.04.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	09.08.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	03.05.2012	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	14.09.2012	Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect [2013/13]
	23.10.2012	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: fee for grant / fee for printing not paid in time [2013/13]
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP99919542.3 / EP0999523
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 (EP19990919542) is 10.06.2005
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	01.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 03
	01.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 04
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	14.05.2007	Renewal fee patent year 09
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 10
	25.05.2009	Renewal fee patent year 11
	28.05.2010	Renewal fee patent year 12
	24.05.2011	Renewal fee patent year 13
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	31.05.2012	14 M06 Not yet paid
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0778548 (SEGA ENTERPRISES KK [JP]) [A] 1-5,11-14 * figures 15,16 *;
		[XY] - MAX N ET AL, "Rendering trees from precomputed z-buffer views", RENDERING TECHNIQUES '95. PROCEEDINGS OF THE EUROGRAPHICS WORKSHOP SPRINGER-VERLAG WIEN, AUSTRIA, (1995), ISBN 3-211-82733-1, pages 74 - 81 , 359, XP002377741 [X] 1-3,5 * page 2, first full para. * [Y] 1-3,5
		[Y] - KUWAHARA N ET AL, "A METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL SPACES OF NATURAL SCENES EMPLOYING FRACTAL-BASED SHAPE DATA SIMPLIFICATION AND VISUAL PROPERTIES", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, INFORMATION & SYSTEMS SOCIETY, TOKYO, JP, (19960601), vol. E79-D, no. 6, ISSN 0916-8532, pages 781 - 791, XP000595185 [Y] 1-3,5 * page 786 - page 788; figures 10,11 *
		[XA] - BLOOMENTHAL J, "Modeling the mighty maple", COMPUTER GRAPHICS USA, (198507), vol. 19, no. 3, ISSN 0097-8930, pages 305 - 311, XP002377742 [X] 11,20 * page 309 - page 310 * [A] 12-14 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/325165.325249
		[A] - WEBER J ET AL, "Creation and rendering of realistic trees", COMPUTER GRAPHICS PROCEEDINGS. SIGGRAPH 95 ACM NEW YORK, NY, USA, (1995), ISBN 0-89791-701-4, pages 119 - 128, XP002377743 [A] * page 122 - page 124 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/218380.218427

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