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EP2962249 - ROAD REGION DETECTION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  10.07.2020
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  09.11.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip10.07.2020Refusal of applicationpublished on 12.08.2020  [2020/33]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Harman International Industries, Incorporated
400 Atlantic Street, 15th Floor
Stamford, CT 06901 / US
[2016/01]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHENG, Wenming
Research Center for Learning Science
Southeast University
No. 2 Sipailou
Nanjing Jiangsu 210096 / CN
02 / ZHU, Haitian
Research Center for Learning Science
Southeast University
No. 2 Sipailou
Nanjing Jiangsu 210096 / CN
03 / RUAN, Zongcai
Research Center for Learning Science
Southeast University
No. 2 Sipailou
Nanjing Jiangsu 210096 / CN
04 / ZHANG, Yankun
26-27 Innov Tower
Block A
No. 1801 Hongmei Road
Xuhui District
Shanghai 200233 / CN
 [2016/01]
Representative(s)Bertsch, Florian Oliver
Kraus & Weisert
Patentanwälte PartGmbB
Thomas-Wimmer-Ring 15
80539 München / DE
[2016/01]
Application number, filing date13876448.501.03.2013
[2016/01]
WO2013CN72054
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2014131193
Date:04.09.2014
Language:EN
[2014/36]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2962249
Date:06.01.2016
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 04.09.2014 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2016/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:CN04.09.2014
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.10.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06K9/00, G06T7/20
[2016/01]
CPC:
G06V20/56 (EP,US); G06T7/215 (EP,US); G06V20/588 (US);
G06T2207/10016 (EP,US); G06T2207/20164 (US); G06T2207/30244 (US);
G06T2207/30256 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2016/01]
TitleGerman:STRASSENBEREICHSERKENNUNG[2016/01]
English:ROAD REGION DETECTION[2016/01]
French:DÉTECTION DE RÉGION DE ROUTE[2016/01]
Entry into regional phase29.07.2015National basic fee paid 
29.07.2015Search fee paid 
29.07.2015Designation fee(s) paid 
29.07.2015Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure29.07.2015Examination requested  [2016/01]
08.05.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
09.11.2018Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
12.03.2019Reply to a communication from the examining division
06.02.2020Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.02.2020
10.02.2020Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
17.02.2020Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2020/33]
27.02.2020Application refused, date of legal effect [2020/33]
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  09.11.2018
Fees paidRenewal fee
17.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 03
31.03.2016Renewal fee patent year 04
23.03.2017Renewal fee patent year 05
23.03.2018Renewal fee patent year 06
22.03.2019Renewal fee patent year 07
20.03.2020Renewal fee patent year 08
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Documents cited:Search[A]US2010246901  (YANG CHANGHUI [JP]) [A] 1-15* the whole document *;
 [I]  - ARRÓSPIDE J ET AL, "Homography-based ground plane detection using a single on-board camera", IET INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS,, (20100604), vol. 4, no. 2, doi:10.1049/IET-ITS:20090073, ISSN 1751-9578, pages 149 - 160, XP006035036 [I] 1-15 * Title * * 2 Overview * * equation 1 * * 3 Ground plane estimation;; figure 4 * * 3.3 Ground plane region detection * * 3.1 Homography estimation framework *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/IET-ITS:20090073
 [A]  - JIN ZHOU ET AL, "Homography-based ground detection for a mobile robot platform using a single camera", 2006 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA) : ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 15 - 19 MAY 2006, IEEE OPERATIONS CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, (20060515), ISBN 978-0-7803-9505-3, pages 4100 - 4105, XP010921894 [A] 1-15 * III. Homography based ground detection *
International search[A]JP2003044996  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
 [A]JP2006268076  (SANYO ELECTRIC CO);
 [A]WO2007017693  (TRW LTD [GB], et al);
 [Y]CN101441076  (NEUSOFT CORP [CN]);
 [Y]CN101868812  (SANYO ELECTRIC CO);
 [A]CN101930609  (NEUSOFT CORP);
 [A]US8155380  (MA GUANGLIN [CN], et al)
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