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EP About this file: EP1604527

EP1604527 - DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING A BINARY PIECE OF USER DATA IN A CARRIER SIGNAL [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  21.09.2007
Database last updated on 03.10.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip13.11.2009Change - applicantpublished on 16.12.2009  [2009/51]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27c
80686 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2009/51]For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27c
80686 München / DE
Former [2006/46]For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27c
80686 München / DE
Former [2005/50]For all designated states
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
Hansastrasse 27c
80686 München / DE
Inventor(s)01 / SCHULLER, Gerald
Leopoldstr. 13
99089 Erfurt / DE
02 / GEIGER, Ralf
Täublingerstr. 35
91058 Erlangen / DE
03 / KOLLER, Jürgen
Flössergasse 11e
81369 Muenchen / DE
 [2006/19]
Former [2005/50]01 / SCHULLER, Gerald
Leopoldstr. 13
99089 Erfurt / DE
02 / GEIGER, Ralf
Muenzstrasse 8c
98693 Ilmenau / DE
03 / KOLLER, Jürgen
Flössergasse 11e
81369 Muenchen / DE
Representative(s)Zinkler, Franz, et al
Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler
Zinkler, Schenk & Partner mbB
Patentanwälte
Radlkoferstrasse 2
81373 München / DE
[N/P]
Former [2005/50]Zinkler, Franz, et al
Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler Postfach 246
82043 Pullach bei München / DE
Application number, filing date04729869.028.04.2004
[2005/50]
WO2004EP04481
Priority number, dateDE2003102198315.05.2003         Original published format: DE 10321983
[2005/50]
Filing languageDE
Procedural languageDE
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2004102969
Date:25.11.2004
Language:DE
[2004/48]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1604527
Date:14.12.2005
Language:DE
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 25.11.2004 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2005/50]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1604527
Date:15.11.2006
Language:DE
[2006/46]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP25.11.2004
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/24, H04N1/32, G10L19/00
[2005/50]
CPC:
H04N1/32192 (EP,US); H04N21/236 (KR); G06T1/0028 (EP,US);
G10L19/018 (EP,US); H04N1/32187 (EP,US); H04N21/23892 (EP,US);
H04N21/8358 (EP,US); H04N7/08 (KR); G06T2201/0051 (EP,US);
G06T2201/0052 (EP,US); G06T2201/0061 (EP,US); G11B20/00891 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAT,   CH,   DE,   FR,   GB,   LI [2006/24]
Former [2005/50]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
Extension statesALNot yet paid
HRNot yet paid
LTNot yet paid
LVNot yet paid
MKNot yet paid
TitleGerman:VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM EINBETTEN EINER BINÄREN NUTZINFORMATION IN EIN TRÄGERSIGNAL[2005/50]
English:DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING A BINARY PIECE OF USER DATA IN A CARRIER SIGNAL[2005/50]
French:DISPOSITIF ET PROCEDE POUR INCORPORER UNE INFORMATION UTILE DANS UN SIGNAL PORTEUR[2005/50]
Entry into regional phase12.10.2005National basic fee paid 
12.10.2005Designation fee(s) paid 
12.10.2005Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure15.12.2004Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
12.10.2005Examination requested  [2005/50]
08.02.2006Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
06.03.2006Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.05.2006Communication of intention to grant the patent
27.09.2006Fee for grant paid
27.09.2006Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)17.08.2007No opposition filed within time limit [2007/43]
Fees paidRenewal fee
28.03.2006Renewal fee patent year 03
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Cited inInternational search[DA]WO9733391  (FRAUNHOFER GES FORSCHUNG [DE], et al) [DA] 1-29 * page 4, paragraph 4 - page 5, line 1 *;
 [A]US2002164048  (BRUCKSTEIN ALFRED M [US], et al) [A] 1-29 * abstract ** page 1, column L, paragraph 4 - page 1, column R, paragraph 8 *;
 [X]  - JUN TIAN ED - INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, "High capacity reversible data embedding and content authentication", 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. PROCEEDINGS. (ICASSP). HONG KONG, APRIL 6 - 10, 2003, IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (20030406), VOL. 1 OF 6, ISBN 0-7803-7663-3, pages III517 - III520, XP010639123 [X] 1-29 * the whole document *
 [A]  - JONG RYUL KIM ET AL, "A robust wavelet-based digital watermarking using level-adaptive thresholding", IMAGE PROCESSING, 1999. ICIP 99. PROCEEDINGS. 1999 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON KOBE, JAPAN 24-28 OCT. 1999, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, US, (19991024), ISBN 0-7803-5467-2, pages 226 - 230, XP010369108 [A] 1-29 * page 227, column L, paragraph 2.2 - page 227, column R, paragraph 2.3 *
 [A]  - GEIGER R ET AL, "Fine grain scalable perceptual and lossless audio coding based on INTMDCT", 2003 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING. PROCEEDINGS. (ICASSP). HONG KONG, APRIL 6 - 10, 2003, IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACOUSTICS, SPEECH, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (ICASSP), NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (20030406), VOL. 1 OF 6, ISBN 0-7803-7663-3, pages V445 - V448, XP010639304 [A] 1-29 * page 446, column L, paragraph 4. - page 446, column R, paragraph 5 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICASSP.2003.1200002
 [A]  - GEIGER R ET AL INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, "Integer low delay and MDCT filter banks", CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE 36TH. ASILOMAR CONFERENCE ON SIGNALS, SYSTEMS, & COMPUTERS. PACIFIC GROOVE, CA, NOV. 3 - 6, 2002, ASILOMAR CONFERENCE ON SIGNALS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS, NEW YORK, NY : IEEE, US, (20021103), VOL. 1 OF 2. CONF. 36, ISBN 0-7803-7576-9, pages 811 - 815, XP010638316 [A] 1-29 * page 227, column L, paragraph 2.2 - page 227, column R, paragraph 2.3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2002.1197291
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