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Database last updated on 28.03.2026
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1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi
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c/o Panasonic Corporation IPROC
7F Twin 21 OBP Panasonic Tower
2-1-61, Shiromi, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
02 / MONOBE, Yusuke
c/o Panasonic Corporation IPROC
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2-1-61, Shiromi, Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi
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Application number, filing date11755804.927.01.2011
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WO2011JP00443
Priority number, dateJP2010006499619.03.2010         Original published format: JP 2010064996
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No.:EP2549739
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Language:EN
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Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2549739
Date:12.10.2016
Language:EN
[2016/41]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP22.09.2011
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.02.2014
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Documents cited:Search[A] US2007065130  (FUKUMOTO SHINPEI et al.) [A] 1-7,10 * abstract * * paragraph [0036] - paragraph [0039] * * figures 1-10 *
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 [AD]   RAMESH RASKAR ET AL: "Coded exposure photography: motion deblurring using fluttered shutter", ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS (TOG), ACM, US, vol. 25, no. 3, 1 July 2006 (2006-07-01), pages 795 - 804, XP002467982, ISSN: 0730-0301, DOI: 10.1145/1141911.1141957 [AD] 1-7,10 * abstract * * 2. Image deconvolution * * 3. Coded Exposure *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1141911.1141957
 [AD]   ROB FERGUS ET AL: "Removing camera shake from a single photograph", ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 COURSES ON , SIGGRAPH '06, 1 July 2006 (2006-07-01), New York, New York, USA, pages 787 - 794, XP055098785, ISBN: 978-1-59-593364-5, DOI: 10.1145/1179352.1141956 [AD] 1-7,10 * abstract * * 4 Algorithm *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1179352.1141956
International search[A]   RAMESH RASKAR: "Technologies Leading to the Next-generation Digital Cameras and Movies (The Last Chapter)", THE JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF IMAGE INFORMATION AND TELEVISION ENGINEERS, vol. 62, no. 12, 1 December 2008 (2008-12-01), pages 1952 - 1958, XP008150871

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by applicant  QI SHAN; JIAYA JIA; ASEEM AGARWALA: "High-quality Motion Deblurring from a Single Image", SIGGRAPH, 2008
   YONEJI; TANAKA; OKUTOMI: "PSF Parameter Estimation for Restoration of Linear Motion Blurred Image", IPSJ SIG TECHNICAL REPORT, vol. 2005, no. 38, 2005, pages 47 - 52
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   LEVIN: "Blind Motion Deblurring Using Image Statistics", ADVANCES IN NEURAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS, December 2006 (2006-12-01)
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   RAMESH RASKAR; AMIT AGRAWAL; FACK TUMBLIN: "Coded Exposure Photography: Motion Deblurring using Fluttered Shutter", SIGGRAPH, 2006
   AMIT AGRAWAL; YI XU: "Coded Exposure Deblurring: Optimized Codes for PSF Estimation and Invertibility", MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC RESEARCH LABORATORIES
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