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EP3189494 - DEPTH MAP ENHANCEMENT [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  07.09.2018
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.12.2017
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.06.2017
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.02.2017
Most recent event   Tooltip07.09.2018Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 10.10.2018  [2018/41]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
[2017/28]
Inventor(s)01 / KANG, Sing Bing
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
02 / KIRK, Adam
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
03 / KUSHAL, Avanish
Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington 98052-6399 / US
 [2017/28]
Representative(s)CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London EC4N 6AF / GB
[N/P]
Former [2017/28]Holtby, Christopher Lawrence, et al
Olswang Germany LLP
Rosental 4
80331 München / DE
Application number, filing date15770683.903.09.2015
[2017/28]
WO2015US48221
Priority number, dateUS20141447915005.09.2014         Original published format: US201414479150
[2017/28]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2016036898
Date:10.03.2016
Language:EN
[2016/10]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3189494
Date:12.07.2017
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.03.2016 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2017/28]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP10.03.2016
ClassificationIPC:G06T3/40
[2017/28]
CPC:
G06T3/4069 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04N13/271 (KR,US); G06T7/571 (KR);
G06T7/579 (EP,US); H04N13/221 (EP,CN,KR,US); H04N13/257 (EP,KR,US);
H04N13/296 (EP,KR,US); G06T2207/10012 (CN,KR,US); G06T2207/10028 (CN,KR,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 [2017/28]
TitleGerman:TIEFENKARTENERWEITERUNG[2017/28]
English:DEPTH MAP ENHANCEMENT[2017/28]
French:AMÉLIORATION DE CARTE DE PROFONDEUR[2017/28]
Entry into regional phase10.02.2017National basic fee paid 
10.02.2017Designation fee(s) paid 
10.02.2017Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.03.2016Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
10.02.2017Examination requested  [2017/28]
10.02.2017Date on which the examining division has become responsible
12.10.2017Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.12.2017Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
01.05.2018Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2018/41]
04.06.2018Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time  [2018/41]
Fees paidRenewal fee
12.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[X]  - J. KIM ET AL, "A High Quality Depth Map Upsampling Method Robust to Misalignment of Depth and Color Boundaries", JOURNAL OF SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS, (201404), vol. 75, no. 1, pages 23 - 37, XP002751092 [X] 1-15 * page 29, column l, paragraph 1 - page 30, column r, paragraph 1; figure 7 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11265-013-0783-x
 [A]  - RAJAGOPALAN A N ET AL, Resolution Enhancement of PMD Range Maps, PATTERN RECOGNITION; LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, SPRINGER BERLIN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN, HEIDELBERG, PAGE(S) 304 - 313, (20080610), XP019090376 [A] 1-15 * page 305, paragraph 2 - page 307, paragraph 3 *
 [A]  - AL ISMAEIL KASSEM ET AL, Depth Super-Resolution by Enhanced Shift and Add, GRID AND COOPERATIVE COMPUTING, THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, WUHAN, CHINA, OCTOBER 21 - 24, 2004. IN: LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE , VOL. 3251; SPRINGER VERLAG, (20130827), ISSN 0302-9743, XP047038844 [A] 1-15 * page 101, paragraph 1 - page 102, paragraph 2 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40246-3_13
 [A]  - QINGXIONG YANG ET AL, "Spatial-Depth Super Resolution for Range Images", 2007 IEEE CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION, (20070601), pages 1 - 8, XP055103282 [A] 1-15 * page 1, column r, paragraph 2; figure 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2007.383211
 [A]  - JAESIK PARK ET AL, "High quality depth map upsampling for 3D-TOF cameras", COMPUTER VISION (ICCV), 2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON, (20111106), pages 1623 - 1630, XP032101376 [A] 1-15 * abstract *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICCV.2011.6126423
 [A]  - DEEPU RAJAN ET AL, "SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION OF SUPER-RESOLVED SCENCE AND DEPTH MAP FROM LOW RESOLUTION DEFOCUSED OBSERVATIONS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY, USA, (20030901), vol. 25, no. 9, pages 1102 - 1117, XP001185140 [A] 1-15 * page 1103, column r, paragraph 1 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2003.1227986
 [A]  - TRAVIS A R L, "THE DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO IMAGES", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE, NEW YORK, US, (19971101), vol. 85, no. 11, pages 1817 - 1832, XP000755850 [A] 1-15 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/5.649659
Examination   - SCHUON S ET AL, "High-quality scanning using time-of-flight depth superresolution", COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION, IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA, (20080623), pages 1 - 7, XP031285727
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