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EP4307228 - IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  19.07.2024
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  15.12.2023
Most recent event   Tooltip19.07.2024The date on which the examining division becomes responsible, has been established 
19.07.2024Request for examination filedpublished on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
19.07.2024Change - designated statespublished on 21.08.2024  [2024/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2024/03]
Inventor(s)01 / KIKUTA, Kyohei
Tokyo, 146-8501 / JP
02 / IKEDA, Satoshi
Tokyo, 146-8501 / JP
 [2024/03]
Representative(s)Canon Europe Limited
European Intellectual Property Group
4 Roundwood Avenue
Stockley Park
Uxbridge UB11 1AF / GB
[2024/03]
Application number, filing date23183435.904.07.2023
[2024/03]
Priority number, dateJP2022011200912.07.2022         Original published format: JP 2022112009
JP2023007384827.04.2023         Original published format: JP 2023073848
[2024/03]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4307228
Date:17.01.2024
Language:EN
[2024/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP04.12.2023
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/586
[2024/03]
CPC:
G06T7/586 (EP); G06T5/30 (US); G06F3/14 (US);
G06T5/70 (US); G06T7/13 (US); G06V10/25 (US);
G06T2207/20036 (EP); G06T2207/20192 (EP) (-)
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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/34]
Former [2024/03]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,  ME,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG, BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN UND SPEICHERMEDIUM[2024/03]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM[2024/03]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE, PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE ET SUPPORT D'INFORMATIONS[2024/03]
Examination procedure17.07.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.07.2024Examination requested  [2024/34]
17.07.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TIP.2018.2875531
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2003.1233898
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CVPR.2014.294
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPAMI.2018.2799222
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