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EP About this file: EP1569460

EP1569460 - MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.03.2014
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip17.07.2015Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): HU, LU		published on 19.08.2015  [2015/34]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma
Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2008/47]For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Former [2005/35]For all designated states
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
1006, Oaza-Kadoma Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / KADONO, Shinya
2-203, Hope Atago, 3, Atagoyama 8-chome
Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-0871 / JP
02 / KONDO, Satoshi
7-17, Otokoyamashigetsu
Yawata-shi, Kyoto 614-8361 / JP
03 / ABE, Kiyofumi
2-26-3-326, Yagumokita-machi, Moriguchi-shi
Osaka, 570-0008 / JP
 [2007/11]
Former [2005/35]01 / KADONO, Shinya
2-203, Hope Atago, 3, Atagoyama 8-chome
Nishinomiya-shi, Hyogo 662-0871 / JP
02 / KONDO, Satoshi
7-17, Otokoyamashigetsu
Yawata-shi, Kyoto 614-8361 / JP
03 / ABE, Kiyofumi
16-1-213, Miyamaecho
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-0074 / JP
Representative(s)Eisenführ Speiser
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2013/20]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Former [2008/40]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Former [2005/35]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Application number, filing date03811870.928.08.2003
[2005/35]
WO2003JP10894
Priority number, dateJP2002034039025.11.2002         Original published format: JP 2002340390
[2005/35]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2004049726
Date:10.06.2004
Language:EN
[2004/24]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1569460
Date:31.08.2005
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.06.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2005/35]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1569460
Date:15.05.2013
Language:EN
[2013/20]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP10.06.2004
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.05.2007
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/50
[2007/25]
CPC:
H04N19/52 (EP,US); H04N19/139 (BR,US); H04N19/137 (KR,US);
H04N19/513 (BR,US); H04N19/122 (US); H04N19/169 (US);
H04N19/172 (US); H04N19/176 (US); H04N19/51 (KR,US);
H04N19/521 (US); H04N19/557 (EP,US); H04N19/56 (US);
H04N19/57 (US); H04N19/577 (EP,US); H04N19/583 (US);
H04N19/593 (US); H04N19/61 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2005/35]H04N7/32
Designated contracting statesAT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HU,   IE,   IT,   LI,   LU,   MC,   NL,   PT,   RO,   SE,   SI,   SK,   TR [2005/35]
Extension statesAL27.06.2005
LT27.06.2005
LV27.06.2005
MK27.06.2005
TitleGerman:BEWEGUNGSKOMPENSATIONSVERFAHREN, BILDCODIERUNGSVERFAHREN UND BILDDECODIERUNGSVERFAHREN[2005/35]
English:MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD[2005/35]
French:PROCEDE DE COMPENSATION DE MOUVEMENT, PROCEDE DE CODAGE D'IMAGE ET PROCEDE DE DECODAGE D'IMAGE[2005/35]
Entry into regional phase29.06.2004Translation filed 
27.06.2005National basic fee paid 
27.06.2005Search fee paid 
27.06.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
27.06.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure27.06.2005Examination requested  [2005/35]
08.10.2007Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.01.2008Reply to a communication from the examining division
03.11.2010Date of oral proceedings
10.12.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
20.06.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
29.12.2011Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
11.01.2013Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 22.01.2013
22.01.2013Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
29.01.2013Communication of intention to grant the patent
03.04.2013Fee for grant paid
03.04.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Divisional application(s)EP08100041.6  / EP1909505
EP10171072.1  / EP2249579
EP15161516.8  / EP2919465
EP18155063.3  / EP3349461
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  08.10.2007
Opposition(s)18.02.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/17]
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.08.2005Renewal fee patent year 03
31.08.2006Renewal fee patent year 04
31.08.2007Renewal fee patent year 05
19.03.2008Renewal fee patent year 06
31.08.2009Renewal fee patent year 07
31.08.2010Renewal fee patent year 08
31.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 09
31.08.2012Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU28.08.2003
AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CY15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
MC15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
TR15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
IE28.08.2013
LU28.08.2013
CH31.08.2013
LI31.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
[2015/34]
Former [2015/32]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CY15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
MC15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
TR15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
IE28.08.2013
CH31.08.2013
LI31.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2015/30]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CY15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
MC15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
IE28.08.2013
CH31.08.2013
LI31.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/33]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
MC15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
IE28.08.2013
CH31.08.2013
LI31.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/20]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
MC15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
CH31.08.2013
LI31.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/11]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
RO15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/10]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
CZ15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
SK15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/09]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
DK15.05.2013
EE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2014/06]AT15.05.2013
BE15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2013/50]AT15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
BG15.08.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2013/49]AT15.05.2013
FI15.05.2013
SE15.05.2013
SI15.05.2013
GR16.08.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2013/48]AT15.05.2013
ES26.08.2013
PT16.09.2013
Former [2013/47]PT16.09.2013
Documents cited:Search[DX]  - "H.26L TEST MODEL LONG TERM NUMBER 8 (TML-8) DRAFT0", ITU-T TELECOMMUNICATION STANDARIZATION SECTOR OF ITU, GENEVA, CH, (20010402), pages 1 - 54, XP001089814 [DX] 1,7,10,13-17 * paragraph [7.2.1] *
 [A]  - KIM D-W ET AL, "Adaptive motion estimation based on spatio-temporal correlation", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (199808), vol. 13, no. 2, ISSN 0923-5965, pages 161 - 170, XP004129635 [A] 1-17 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0923-5965(98)80013-1
 [A]  - CHEN M C ET AL, "Design and optimization of a differentially coded variable block size motion compensation system", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING (ICIP) LAUSANNE, SEPT. 16 - 19, 1996, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19960916), VOL. 1, ISBN 0-7803-3259-8, pages 259 - 262, XP010202380 [A] 1-17 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.1996.560437
International search[A]JP2001251627  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
 [A]JP2000253407  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD);
 [A]JP2000308066  (TOSHIBA CORP)
 [X]  - "H.26L test model long term number 6 (TML-6) draft0", VIDEO CODING EXPERTS GROUP (VCEG), (2001), pages 01 - 36, URL: http://kbs.cs.tu-berlin.de/stewe/vceg/archive.htm#TML6, (20030801), XP002971811
Examination   - TOURAPIS, "Perf. Comparison Temporal and Spatial Direct Mode", ITU STUDY GROUP 16 - VIDEO CODING EXPERTS GROUP -ISO/IEC MPEG & ITU-T VCEG(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG16 Q6), XX, XX, (20021018), no. JVT-E026, XP030005443
    - WINGER, "Reducing decoder peak bus bandwidth by >50%", ITU STUDY GROUP 16 - VIDEO CODING EXPERTS GROUP -ISO/IEC MPEG & ITU-T VCEG(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG16 Q6), XX, XX, (20020510), no. JVT-C115r2-L, XP030005226
    - TOURAPIS, "8x8 Block Restriction in Spatial Direct Mode", ITU STUDY GROUP 16 - VIDEO CODING EXPERTS GROUP -ISO/IEC MPEG & ITU-T VCEG(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG16 Q6), XX, XX, (20021213), no. JVT-F025, XP030005595
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