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EP3646237 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A QUALITY OF A SURFACE IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 11.06.2021 Database last updated on 02.11.2024
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 03.04.2020
Former	The international publication has been made Status updated on 04.01.2019
Former	unknown Status updated on 25.07.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	02.07.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Volkswagen AG Berliner Ring 2 38440 Wolfsburg / DE
	[2020/19]
Inventor(s)	01 / VOCK, Dominik Maximilian Martin Vor den Wiesen 17 38477 Jembke / DE
	02 / MEINECKE, Marc-Michael Gustav-Rothbart-Ring 9 38524 Sassenburg / DE
	03 / WARNECKE, Fabian Hennebergstrasse 19a 37077 Göttingen / DE
	[2020/19]
Representative(s)	Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 86 06 24 81633 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2020/19]	Reitstötter Kinzebach Patentanwälte Sternwartstrasse 4 81679 München / DE
Application number, filing date	18740122.9	28.06.2018
	[2020/19]
	WO2018EP67445
Priority number, date	DE201710114571	29.06.2017 Original published format: DE102017114571
	[2020/19]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	WO2019002482
	Date:	03.01.2019
	Language:	DE
	[2019/01]
	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3646237
	Date:	06.05.2020
	Language:	DE
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 03.01.2019 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2020/19]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	EP	03.01.2019
Classification	IPC:	G06K9/00	[2020/19]
	CPC:	G01B11/0608 (EP); G06T7/564 (US); B60W40/06 (EP,US); B60W40/064 (EP); B60W40/068 (EP); B60W50/14 (EP); (+) G01B11/24 (US); G01C21/3602 (EP); G05D1/0214 (US); G05D1/0251 (US); G06T7/593 (US); G06V20/56 (EP); G06V20/58 (EP,US); G06V20/588 (US); B60W2050/143 (EP); B60W2050/146 (EP); B60W2420/403 (EP,US); B60W2552/00 (US); G06T2207/10012 (US); G06T2207/30261 (US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AL, 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 [2020/19]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM BESTIMMEN EINER BESCHAFFENHEIT EINER OBERFLÄCHE IN DER UMGEBUNG EINES FAHRZEUGS	[2020/19]
	English:	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A QUALITY OF A SURFACE IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE	[2020/19]
	French:	PROCÉDÉ ET DISPOSITIF DE DÉTERMINATION DE LA NATURE D'UNE SURFACE DANS L'ENVIRONNEMENT D'UN VÉHICULE	[2020/19]
Entry into regional phase	29.01.2020	National basic fee paid
	29.01.2020	Designation fee(s) paid
	29.01.2020	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	28.01.2020	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	29.01.2020	Examination requested [2020/19]
	29.01.2020	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	15.06.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	25.10.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	02.03.2023	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	04.09.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	30.06.2020	Renewal fee patent year 03
	30.06.2021	Renewal fee patent year 04
	30.06.2022	Renewal fee patent year 05
	30.06.2023	Renewal fee patent year 06
	01.07.2024	Renewal fee patent year 07
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Cited in	International search	[A]US2007219720 (TREPAGNIER PAUL G [US], et al) [A] 1-15 * paragraph [0002] * * paragraph [0023] * * paragraph [0043] * * paragraph [0070] * * paragraph [0150] ** figures 1B, 5,10,12 *;
		[XI] - JASPERS HANNO ET AL, "Fast and robust b-spline terrain estimation for off-road navigation with stereo vision", 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS (ICARSC), IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, (20140514), doi:10.1109/ICARSC.2014.6849776, pages 140 - 145, XP032615942 [X] 1-5,7,9-11,13-15 * Einführung * * Abschnitt II * * figures 1,2,3,4,6,7,9 * [I] 12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICARSC.2014.6849776
		[XI] - BROGGI ALBERTO ET AL, "Terrain mapping for off-road Autonomous Ground Vehicles using rational B-Spline surfaces and stereo vision", 2013 IEEE INTELLIGENT VEHICLES SYMPOSIUM (IV), IEEE,Piscataway, NJ, USA, doi:10.1109/IVS.2013.6629540, ISSN 1931-0587, (20130623), pages 648 - 653, (20131010), XP032501943 [X] 1-6,9,10,13-15 * Einführung * * Abschnitt II * * Abschnitt III * * Abschnitt IV * * Abschnitt V * * Abschnitt VI * * Abschnitt VII * * figures 2,3,5,6 * [I] 7,8,12 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IVS.2013.6629540

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