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EP0854434
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| EP0854434 - Ruled line extracting apparatus for extracting ruled line from normal document image and method thereof [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 07.05.2004 Database last updated on 10.08.2024 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.05.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 23.06.2004 [2004/26] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states FUJITSU LIMITED 1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP | [N/P] |
| Former [2003/27] | For all designated states FUJITSU LIMITED 1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP | ||
| Former [1998/30] | For all designated states FUJITSU LIMITED 1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 / JP | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Katsuyama, Yutaka c/o Fujitsu Limited, 1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211 / JP | [1998/30] | Representative(s) | Stebbing, Timothy Charles, et al Haseltine Lake LLP Lincoln House, 5th Floor 300 High Holborn London WC1V 7JH / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1998/30] | Stebbing, Timothy Charles, et al Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD / GB | Application number, filing date | 97306162.5 | 13.08.1997 | [1998/30] | Priority number, date | JP19960342185 | 20.12.1996 Original published format: JP 34218596 | [1998/30] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0854434 | Date: | 22.07.1998 | Language: | EN | [1998/30] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0854434 | Date: | 02.07.2003 | Language: | EN | [2003/27] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 12.12.1997 | Classification | IPC: | G06K9/20, G06K9/34 | [1998/30] | CPC: |
G06V30/155 (EP,US);
G06V30/10 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB [1999/14] |
| Former [1998/30] | AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE | Title | German: | Gerät und Verfahren zur Extrahierung von Tabellengeraden innerhalb normaler Dokumentbilder | [1998/30] | English: | Ruled line extracting apparatus for extracting ruled line from normal document image and method thereof | [1998/30] | French: | Appareil et méthode pour extraire les lignes droites des tableaux dans des images normales de documents | [1998/30] | Examination procedure | 29.09.1998 | Examination requested [1998/48] | 02.05.2001 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 08.09.2001 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 04.02.2002 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 29.05.2002 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 15.11.2002 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 05.03.2003 | Fee for grant paid | 05.03.2003 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 05.04.2004 | No opposition filed within time limit [2004/26] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 23.08.1999 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 23.08.2000 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 28.08.2001 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 27.08.2002 | Renewal fee patent year 06 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [A]US5101448 (KAWACHIYA SACHIKO [JP], et al) [A] 1-44 * column 9, line 15 - line 39; figure 13 *; | [A] - SAITOH T ET AL, "DOCUMENT IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND LAYOUT ANALYSIS", IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, (19940701), vol. E77-D, no. 7, pages 778 - 784, XP000445290 [A] 1-44 * Section "2.4 Segmentation";; figure 1 * | [A] - ARTURO PIZANO ET AL, "A BUSINESS FORM RECOGNITION SYSTEM", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS CONFERENCE. ( COMPSAC ), TOKYO, SEPT. 11 - 13, 1991, KNAFL G J, (19910911), no. CONF. 15, pages 626 - 632, XP000260573 [A] 1-44 * Section "2. Feature Extraction" * | [A] - YU B ET AL, "A GENERIC SYSTEM FOR FORM DROPOUT", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE, (199611), vol. 18, no. 11, pages 1127 - 1134, XP000639366 [A] 1-44 * figures 7-9 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/34.544084 | Examination | JPH05233873 | US5757957 |