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EP4020962 - IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  27.05.2022
Database last updated on 09.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  26.02.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip20.08.2024New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2022/26]For all designated states
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / NAGANUMA, Hiromasa
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / HAYASHI, Masakazu
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / KURIHARA, Yosuke
c/o Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
1-7-1, Konan, Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2022/26]
Representative(s)D Young & Co LLP
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ / GB
[N/P]
Former [2022/26]D Young & Co LLP
120 Holborn
London EC1N 2DY / GB
Application number, filing date19942090.220.08.2019
[2022/26]
WO2019JP32342
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021033250
Date:25.02.2021
Language:JA
[2021/08]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4020962
Date:29.06.2022
Language:EN
[2022/26]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP25.02.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP06.04.2023
ClassificationIPC:H04N23/45, H04N23/68, H04N23/71, H04N23/90, G06T5/00, G06T7/20, H04N25/47, H04N25/707, G06T5/20, H04N1/00, H04N1/32, H04N5/14, H04N5/77, H04N17/00, G06T5/50
[2023/19]
CPC:
H04N5/77 (EP); G06T7/20 (KR,US); G06T5/20 (EP,US);
G06T5/50 (EP); G06T5/73 (EP,US); H04N1/00167 (EP);
H04N1/00172 (EP); H04N1/32106 (EP); H04N17/002 (EP);
H04N21/8547 (KR); H04N23/45 (EP,US); H04N23/681 (EP);
H04N23/6812 (EP); H04N23/684 (EP); H04N23/71 (EP);
H04N23/90 (EP); H04N5/06 (US); H04N5/9201 (KR);
G06T2207/10016 (EP); G06T2207/10024 (EP); G06T2207/20201 (EP);
H04N2201/3215 (EP); H04N5/144 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2022/26]H04N5/232, G06T7/20
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 [2022/26]
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BILDERFASSUNGSVORRICHTUNG, SYSTEM, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND PROGRAMM[2022/26]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM[2022/26]
French:DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE, DISPOSITIF DE CAPTURE D'IMAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE ET PROGRAMME[2022/26]
Entry into regional phase11.01.2021Translation filed 
30.01.2022National basic fee paid 
30.01.2022Search fee paid 
30.01.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
30.01.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.01.2022Examination requested  [2022/26]
19.09.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
19.09.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
30.01.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
19.08.2022Renewal fee patent year 04
22.08.2023Renewal fee patent year 05
20.08.2024Renewal fee patent year 06
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Documents cited:Search[A]JP2003209735  (HITACHI LTD) [A] 1-8 * the whole document *;
 [XY]US2017213324  (WANG QIANG [CN], et al) [X] 5 * paragraph [0039] - paragraph [0089] * [Y] 1-4,6-8;
 [IA]CN108074222  (UNIV TSINGHUA) [I] 5 * the whole document * [A] 1-4,6-8;
 [A]WO2019049763  (SONY CORP [JP]) [A] 1,3,4,6-8* paragraph [0018] - paragraph [0361] *;
 [X]  - CENSI ANDREA ET AL, "Low-latency event-based visual odometry", 2014 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), IEEE, (20140531), doi:10.1109/ICRA.2014.6906931, pages 703 - 710, XP032650286 [X] 5 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2014.6906931
 [Y]  - PAN LIYUAN ET AL, "Bringing a Blurry Frame Alive at High Frame-Rate With an Event Camera", 2019 IEEE/CVF CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION AND PATTERN RECOGNITION (CVPR), IEEE, (20190615), doi:10.1109/CVPR.2019.00698, pages 6813 - 6822, XP033686421 [Y] 1-4,7,8 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2019.00698
 [Y]  - AL BOVIK, "Handbook of Image & Video Processing", REFEREX, (2000), XP040425211 [Y] 1-4,6-8 * page 129 - page 136 *
International search[A]JP2017535999  (QUALCOMM INCORPORATED) [A] 1-8* , paragraphs [0001], [0032]-[0038] *;
 [XA]US2018098082  (BURNS GEOFFREY F [US], et al) [X] 5 * , paragraphs [0012]-[0037] (Family: none) * [A] 1-4, 6-8
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