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EP4354177 - METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT BY A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusExamination is in progress
Status updated on  12.09.2025
Database last updated on 11.04.2026
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  15.03.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip26.02.2026New entry: Reply to examination report 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
STMicroelectronics (ALPS) SAS
12, Rue Jules Horowitz
38000 Grenoble / FR
For all designated states
STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS
12 Rue Jules Horowitz
38000 Grenoble / FR
For all designated states
STMicroelectronics Design and Application s.r.o.
Pobrezni 620/3
186 00 Praha 8 / CZ
[2024/16]
Inventor(s)01 / VASSAL, Robin
38100 GRENOBLE / FR
02 / ANDRLE, Jiri
14100 PRAHA 3 / CZ
03 / CABAJ, Peter
12000 PRAGUE / CZ
04 / TROUILLEAU, Cyrille
38250 LANS EN VERCORS / FR
 [2024/16]
Representative(s)Casalonga
Casalonga & Partners
Bayerstraße 71/73
80335 München / DE
[2024/16]
Application number, filing date23201147.802.10.2023
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Priority number, dateFR2022001058614.10.2022         Original published format: FR 2210586
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Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4354177
Date:17.04.2024
Language:FR
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Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP20.02.2024
ClassificationIPC:G01S7/487, G01S17/04
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CPC:
G01S17/04 (EP,CN); G01S17/88 (CN); G01S17/08 (CN,US);
G01S7/487 (EP); G01S7/497 (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,   ME,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2024/16]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR DETEKTION EINES OBJEKTS DURCH EINEN FLUGZEITSENSOR[2024/16]
English:METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT BY A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR[2024/16]
French:PROCÉDÉ DE DÉTECTION D'UN OBJET PAR UN CAPTEUR TEMPS DE VOL[2024/16]
Examination procedure02.10.2023Examination requested  [2024/16]
12.06.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
12.06.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
16.09.2025Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.02.2026Reply to a communication from the examining division
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.10.2025Renewal fee patent year 03
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Documents cited:Search[Y] US2018335627  (FUJITA KOUDAI et al.) [Y] 7-9,16-18 * abstract; figures 1-7 * * the whole document *
 [A] US2020386893  (GUPTA MOHIT et al.) [A] 1-18 * the whole document *
 [XYA]   ALTMANN YOANN ET AL: "Robust Bayesian Target Detection Algorithm for Depth Imaging From Sparse Single-Photon Data", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING, IEEE, vol. 2, no. 4, 1 December 2016 (2016-12-01), pages 456 - 467, XP011633271, DOI: 10.1109/TCI.2016.2618323 [X] 1-4,10-13 * abstract; figures 1-7 * * page 456, column l - page 458, column l * * page 459, column r - page 466, column r * [Y] 7-9,16-18 [A] 5-6,14-15

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCI.2016.2618323
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