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EP3904992 - POSITIONING APPARATUS AND MOVING BODY [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2021/44]POSITIONING DEVICE AND MOBILE BODY
[2024/02]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  08.12.2023
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  26.07.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  02.09.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  01.10.2021
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  04.07.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip08.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SE		published on 11.09.2024 [2024/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
1-61, Shiromi 2-chome
Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
[2021/44]
Inventor(s)01 / KOJIMA, Takumi
Panasonic Intellectual Property
Management Co., Ltd.
1-61, Shiromi 2-chome
Chuo-ku
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
 [2024/02]
Former [2021/44]01 / KOJIMA, Takumi
Osaka-shi, Osaka 540-6207 / JP
Representative(s)Eisenführ Speiser
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Postfach 31 02 60
80102 München / DE
[2021/44]
Application number, filing date19902766.526.11.2019
[2021/44]
WO2019JP46192
Priority number, dateJP2018024783228.12.2018         Original published format: JP 2018247832
[2021/44]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020137312
Date:02.07.2020
Language:JA
[2020/27]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3904992
Date:03.11.2021
Language:EN
[2021/44]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3904992
Date:10.01.2024
Language:EN
[2024/02]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP02.07.2020
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP25.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:G05D1/02, G08G1/00, G01C21/30
[2021/44]
CPC:
G05D1/0234 (EP); G01C21/30 (US); G01C21/005 (EP);
G01C21/206 (EP); G05D1/02 (US); G05D1/0246 (EP);
G05D1/0274 (EP); G06Q10/08 (EP); G06T7/73 (EP);
G06T7/74 (US); G06V20/56 (EP); G06V20/58 (US);
G08G1/0112 (EP); G08G1/0129 (EP); H04W4/023 (EP);
H04W4/027 (EP); G06T2207/10016 (EP); G06T2207/30204 (US);
G06T2207/30208 (EP); G06T2207/30244 (EP); G06T2207/30252 (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 [2021/44]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:POSITIONIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND SICH BEWEGENDER KÖRPER[2024/02]
English:POSITIONING APPARATUS AND MOVING BODY[2024/02]
French:APPAREIL DE POSITIONNEMENT ET CORPS MOBILE[2024/02]
Former [2021/44]POSITIONIERUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND MOBILER KÖRPER
Former [2021/44]POSITIONING DEVICE AND MOBILE BODY
Former [2021/44]DISPOSITIF DE POSITIONNEMENT ET CORPS MOBILE
Entry into regional phase24.06.2021Translation filed 
28.07.2021National basic fee paid 
28.07.2021Search fee paid 
24.06.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
24.06.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure21.07.2020Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: JP
24.06.2021Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
24.06.2021Examination requested  [2021/44]
01.09.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
03.01.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
27.07.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
01.12.2023Fee for grant paid
01.12.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
01.12.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
24.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
24.11.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
24.11.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT10.01.2024
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ES10.01.2024
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Documents cited:Search[AD]  - RAUL MUR-ARTAL ET AL, "ORB-SLAM2: an Open-Source SLAM System for Monocular, Stereo and RGB-D Cameras", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, (20170619), doi:10.1109/TRO.2017.2705103, XP081672901 [AD] 1-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2017.2705103
 [A]  - HOUBEN SEBASTIAN ET AL, "Joint 3D laser and visual fiducial marker based SLAM for a micro aerial vehicle", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTISENSOR FUSION AND INTEGRATION FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (MFI), IEEE, (20160919), doi:10.1109/MFI.2016.7849554, pages 609 - 614, XP033065868 [A] 1-15 * chapter D "Camera-only Localization"; page 612 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MFI.2016.7849554
International search[Y]JP2003281676  (FUJITSU LTD) [Y] 11* [0096] *;
 [Y]JP2008180654  (TOYOTA MOTOR CORP) [Y] 7 * [0021] , [0026] , [0033] *;
 [Y]JP2014006131  (PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORP) [Y] 3-6, 8 * [0018] , [0056] - [0057] , [0062] - [0064] , *;
 [Y]JP2017211249  (DENSO CORP, et al) [Y] 1-15 * [0014], [0057] , *;
 [Y]EP3308911  (LG ELECTRONICS INC [KR]) [Y] 1-15 * [0090] , [0094] , [0103] , [0107] , [0115] , [0125] , *;
 [Y]WO2018179960  (NIDEC CORP [JP], et al) [Y] 1-15 * [0013] - [0017] , [0034] - [0038] , [0049] - [0054] , [0063] , *
by applicantJP2011219229
    - R. MUR-ARTAL et al., "ORB-SLAM2: an Open-Source SLAM System for Monocular, Stereo and RGB-D Cameras", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, (20171000), vol. 33, no. 5, doi:10.1109/TRO.2017.2705103, XP055597959

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2017.2705103
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