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EP About this file: EP3526626

EP3526626 - LASER SCANNER WITH REAL-TIME, ONLINE EGO-MOTION ESTIMATION [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  03.03.2023
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.07.2019
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  20.04.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip24.07.2024Change - representative 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Kaarta, Inc.
Suite 430
5001 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 / US
[2019/34]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHANG, Ji
Suite 430
5001 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh PA 15213 / US
02 / SINGH, Sanjiv
Suite 430
5001 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh PA 15212 / US
03 / DOWLING, Kevin Joseph
Suite 430
5001 Baum Boulevard
Pittsburgh PA 15213 / US
 [2019/34]
Representative(s)Reddie & Grose LLP
The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
[N/P]
Former [2019/34]Nevett, Duncan
Reddie & Grose LLP The White Chapel Building
10 Whitechapel High Street
London E1 8QS / GB
Application number, filing date17860192.810.10.2017
[2019/34]
WO2017US55938
Priority number, dateUS201662406910P11.10.2016         Original published format: US 201662406910 P
WO2017US2112007.03.2017         Original published format: PCT/US2017/021120
[2019/34]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2018071416
Date:19.04.2018
Language:EN
[2018/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3526626
Date:21.08.2019
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 19.04.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2019/34]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US19.04.2018
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP24.04.2020
ClassificationIPC:G01S17/89, G01S17/66, G01S17/93, G01S7/48, G01S7/481, G01S7/51, G01S17/42, G01S17/86
[2020/22]
CPC:
G01S17/89 (EP,US); G01S17/42 (EP); G01S17/66 (EP);
G01S17/86 (EP); G01S7/4808 (EP); G01S7/4813 (EP);
G01S7/51 (EP); G01C21/1656 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2019/34]G01S17/89, G01S17/66, G01S17/93
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 [2019/34]
TitleGerman:LASERSCANNER MIT ONLINE-EIGENBEWEGUNGSSCHÄTZUNG IN ECHTZEIT[2019/34]
English:LASER SCANNER WITH REAL-TIME, ONLINE EGO-MOTION ESTIMATION[2019/34]
French:SCANNER LASER À ESTIMATION D'ÉGO-MOUVEMENT EN LIGNE EN TEMPS RÉEL[2019/34]
Entry into regional phase01.05.2019National basic fee paid 
01.05.2019Search fee paid 
01.05.2019Designation fee(s) paid 
01.05.2019Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure01.05.2019Examination requested  [2019/34]
15.12.2020Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
25.02.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.03.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
15.09.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
Request for further processing for:The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to indicate the wish to proceed further with the application
25.02.2021Request for further processing filed
25.02.2021Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
09.03.2021Decision despatched
The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
25.02.2021Request for further processing filed
25.02.2021Full payment received (date of receipt of payment)
Request granted
09.03.2021Decision despatched
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
14.10.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
29.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
15.09.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
29.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 07
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Documents cited:Search[IY]DE102014019671  (FARO TECH INC [US]) [I] 1-5,7-10 * paragraph [0102] - paragraph [0104]; figure 7 * * paragraph [0068] * * paragraph [0055] * [Y] 5,6,9,10;
 [XYI]  - THOMAS WIEMANN ET AL, "Automatic construction of polygonal maps from point cloud data", SAFETY SECURITY AND RESCUE ROBOTICS (SSRR), 2010 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON, IEEE, (20100726), doi:10.1109/SSRR.2010.5981571, ISBN 978-1-4244-8898-8, pages 1 - 6, XP031928204 [X] 1-4 * paragraph [III.A]; figures 3-6 * * paragraph [00I.] * [Y] 5,6,9,10 [I] 7,8

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSRR.2010.5981571
 [XYI]  - BENJAMIN ADLER ET AL, "Towards autonomous airborne mapping of urban environments", MULTISENSOR FUSION AND INTEGRATION FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (MFI), 2012 IEEE CONFERENCE ON, IEEE, (20120913), doi:10.1109/MFI.2012.6343030, ISBN 978-1-4673-2510-3, pages 77 - 82, XP032470265 [X] 1,2,5 * paragraph [III.D]; figure 3 * * abstract * * paragraph [00I.] * [Y] 6,9,10 [I] 7,8

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MFI.2012.6343030
 [Y]  - CHEN CHAO-I ET AL, "Drogue tracking using 3D flash lidar for autonomous aerial refueling", LASER RADAR TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS XVI, SPIE, 1000 20TH ST. BELLINGHAM WA 98225-6705 USA, (20110513), vol. 8037, no. 1, doi:10.1117/12.886572, pages 1 - 11, XP060014758 [Y] 6 * paragraph [03.2]; figure 14 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.886572
International search[A]US2009262974  (LITHOPOULOS ERIK [CA]) [A] 1-26 * entire document *;
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 [Y]US2016234476  (MILLETT MARSHALL REED [US]) [Y] 2-4, 11-15, 23-26 * entire document *;
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 [Y]  - ZHENG et al., "Non-local Scan Consolidation for 3D Urban Scenes", ACM SIGGRAPH, (20100000), pages 1 - 9, URL: http://graphics.stanford.edu/-niloy/research/scan_consolidation/scan_consolidation_sig_10.html, (20180120), XP058312512 [Y] 5-7, 9-15 * entire document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1833349.1778831
by applicantDE102014019671
    - M. KAESSA. RANGANATHANF. DELLAERT, "iSAM: Incremental Smoothing and Mapping", IEEE Trans. on Robotics, TRO, (20081200), vol. 24, no. 6, pages 1365 - 1378
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