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EP About this file: EP2140686

EP2140686 - METHODS OF PERFORMING ERROR CONCEALMENT FOR DIGITAL VIDEO [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  24.01.2014
Database last updated on 28.03.2026
Most recent event   Tooltip24.01.2014Refusal of applicationpublished on 26.02.2014  [2014/09]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Attn: International IP Administration 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121 / US
[N/P]
Former [2010/01]For all designated states
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Attn: International IP Administration 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, California 92121 / US
Inventor(s)01 / TENG, Chia-yuan
c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121 / US
02 / MANJUNATH, Sharath
c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 5775 Morehouse Drive
San Diego, CA 92121 / US
 [2010/01]
Representative(s)Carstens, Dirk Wilhelm, et al
Wagner & Geyer Partnerschaft mbB
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Gewürzmühlstraße 5
80538 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2010/01]Carstens, Dirk Wilhelm, et al
Wagner & Geyer Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date08744200.021.03.2008
[2010/01]
WO2008US57890
Priority number, dateUS2007069013223.03.2007         Original published format: US 690132
[2010/01]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report
No.:WO2008118801
Date:02.10.2008
Language:EN
[2008/40]
Type: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2140686
Date:06.01.2010
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 02.10.2008 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2010/01]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP20.11.2008
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/26, H04N7/68
[2010/01]
CPC:
H04N19/159 (EP,US); H04N19/89 (KR); H04N19/107 (EP,US);
H04N19/117 (EP,US); H04N19/142 (EP,US); H04N19/166 (EP,US);
H04N19/174 (EP,US); H04N19/895 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2010/01]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUR DURCHFÜHRUNG VON FEHLERVERBERGUNG FÜR DIGITALE VIDEOS[2010/01]
English:METHODS OF PERFORMING ERROR CONCEALMENT FOR DIGITAL VIDEO[2010/01]
French:PROCÉDÉ D'EXÉCUTION D'UN MASQUAGE D'ERREURS DANS UNE VIDÉO NUMÉRIQUE[2010/01]
Entry into regional phase20.10.2009National basic fee paid 
20.10.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
20.10.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure20.10.2009Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
20.10.2009Examination requested  [2010/01]
18.02.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
30.08.2010Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.11.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
11.05.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.11.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
23.05.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
20.09.2013Application refused, date of legal effect [2014/09]
20.09.2013Date of oral proceedings
09.10.2013Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2014/09]
09.10.2013Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
Divisional application(s)EP12001099.6  / EP2458866
EP12001100.2  / EP2458867
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  18.02.2010
Fees paidRenewal fee
15.01.2010Renewal fee patent year 03
10.03.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
07.03.2012Renewal fee patent year 05
08.03.2013Renewal fee patent year 06
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Cited inInternational search[XY]   CHOU Y-Z ET AL: "Novel Error Concealment Method With Adaptive Prediction to the Abrupt and Gradual Scene Changes", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, vol. 6, no. 1, 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01), pages 158 - 173, XP011105813, ISSN: 1520-9210 [X] 1-21,40-51 * page 158, column R, line 5 * [Y] 22-39

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMM.2003.819749
 [Y]   KAISER S ET AL: "Comparison of error concealment techniques for an MPEG-2 video decoder in terrestrial TV-broadcasting<1>", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 14, no. 6-8, 1 May 1999 (1999-05-01), pages 655 - 676, XP004165401, ISSN: 0923-5965 [Y] 22-39 * page 665, paragraph 6.2 - page 667, paragraph 6.4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0923-5965(98)00066-6
 [A]   JIN-HAU KUO ET AL: "A hybrid semantic scene-based error resilient system", COMMUNICATION SYSTTEMS, 2002. ICCS 2002. THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERE NCE ON NOV. 25-28, 2002, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, vol. 2, 25 November 2002 (2002-11-25), pages 973 - 976, XP010629366, ISBN: 978-0-7803-7510-9 [A] 1-51 * the whole document *
 [A]   KWON ET AL: "Overview of H.264/MPEG-4 part 10", JOURNAL OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION, ACADEMIC PRESS, INC, US, vol. 17, no. 2, 1 April 2006 (2006-04-01), pages 186 - 216, XP005312621, ISSN: 1047-3203 [A] 1-51 * page 191, paragraph 4 - page 194, paragraph 4.3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvcir.2005.05.010
by applicant  CHOU Y-Z ET AL.: "IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MULTIMEDIA, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US", vol. 6, 1 February 2004, article "Novel Error Concealment Method With Adaptive Prediction to the Abrupt and Gradual Scene Changes", pages: 158 - 173 [X] 1-21,40-51 * page 158, column R, line 5 *[Y] 22-39
   KAISER S ET AL.: "SIGNAL PROCESSING IMAGE COMMUNICATION", vol. 14, 1 May 1999, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, article "Comparison of error concealment techniques for an MPEG-2 video decoder in terrestrial TV- broadcasting", pages: 655 - 676 [Y] 22-39 * page 665, paragraph 6.2 - page 667, paragraph 6.4 *
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