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EP1721470 - METHOD OF ENCODING AND DECODING AN IMAGE SEQUENCE BY MEANS OF HIERARCHICAL TEMPORAL ANALYSIS [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  20.11.2015
Database last updated on 15.06.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip15.01.2016Lapse of the patent in a contracting statepublished on 17.02.2016  [2016/07]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[2015/03]
Former [2010/07]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
1, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2006/46]For all designated states
Thomson Licensing
46, Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92100 Boulogne / FR
Inventor(s)01 / FRANCOIS, Edouard
18, allée du Locar
F-35890 BOURG-DES-COMPTES / FR
02 / BOISSON, Guillaume
12, rue Jean Malo-Renault
F-35000 RENNES / FR
03 / VIERON, Jérome
5 Allée Jean Perrin
35137 BEDEE / FR
04 / ROBERT, Philippe
7, allée du Bois Louët
F-35235 THORIGNE-FOUILLARD / FR
05 / MARQUANT, Gwenaëlle
1, rue du Général de Gaulle
F-35340 LIFFRE / FR
 [2007/03]
Former [2006/46]01 / FRANCOIS, Edouard
18, allée du Locar
F-35890 BOURG-DES-COMPTES / FR
02 / BOISSON, Guillaume
12, rue Jean Malo-Renault
F-35000 RENNES / FR
03 / VIERON, Jérome
14, square Louis Massignon
F-35000 RENNES / FR
04 / ROBERT, Philippe
7, allée du Bois Louët
F-35235 THORIGNE-FOUILLARD / FR
05 / MARQUANT, Gwenaëlle
1, rue du Général de Gaulle
F-35340 LIFFRE / FR
Representative(s)Huchet, Anne, et al
TECHNICOLOR
1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux / FR
[N/P]
Former [2015/03]Huchet, Anne, et al
Technicolor
1, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2011/31]Huchet, Anne, et al
TECHNICOLOR European Patent Operations 1-5, rue Jeanne d'Arc
92443 Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex / FR
Former [2006/46]Berthier, Karine
THOMSON, European Patent Operations, 46 Quai Alphonse Le Gallo
92648 Boulogne Cédex / FR
Application number, filing date05728099.221.02.2005
[2006/46]
WO2005FR50109
Priority number, dateFR2004005042002.03.2004         Original published format: FR 0450420
[2006/46]
Filing languageFR
Procedural languageFR
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2005086489
Date:15.09.2005
Language:FR
[2005/37]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1721470
Date:15.11.2006
Language:FR
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.09.2005 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2006/46]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP1721470
Date:14.01.2015
Language:FR
[2015/03]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.09.2005
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/169, H04N19/615, H04N19/13, H04N19/63, H04N19/64, H04N19/107, H04N19/61, H04N19/124
[2014/27]
CPC:
H04N19/615 (EP,US); H04N19/107 (EP,US); H04N19/1883 (EP,US);
H04N19/61 (EP,US); H04N19/63 (EP,US); H04N19/647 (EP,US);
H04N19/124 (EP,US); H04N19/13 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2006/46]H04N7/26
Designated contracting statesDE,   FR,   GB [2007/23]
Former [2006/46]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN ZUM CODIEREN UND DECODIEREN EINER BILDSEQUENZ MITTELS HIERARCHISCHER ZEITLICHER ANALYSE[2006/46]
English:METHOD OF ENCODING AND DECODING AN IMAGE SEQUENCE BY MEANS OF HIERARCHICAL TEMPORAL ANALYSIS[2006/46]
French:PROCEDE DE CODAGE ET DE DECODAGE D'UNE SEQUENCE D'IMAGES PAR ANALYSE TEMPORELLE HIERARCHIQUE[2006/46]
Entry into regional phase01.09.2006National basic fee paid 
01.09.2006Designation fee(s) paid 
01.09.2006Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.12.2005Request for preliminary examination filed
International Preliminary Examining Authority: EP
01.09.2006Examination requested  [2006/46]
24.09.2010Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
25.03.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
11.07.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
09.11.2011Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.05.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.09.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
12.02.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
04.06.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.06.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
17.07.2014Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
14.08.2014Communication of intention to grant the patent
04.12.2014Fee for grant paid
04.12.2014Fee for publishing/printing paid
04.12.2014Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Divisional application(s)The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  24.09.2010
Opposition(s)15.10.2015No opposition filed within time limit [2015/52]
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.02.2007Renewal fee patent year 03
23.02.2008Renewal fee patent year 04
21.02.2009Renewal fee patent year 05
26.02.2010Renewal fee patent year 06
23.02.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
23.02.2012Renewal fee patent year 08
21.02.2013Renewal fee patent year 09
21.02.2014Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipGB14.04.2015
[2016/07]
Cited inInternational search[A]US5235420  (GHARAVI HAMID [US]) [A] 1-12 * column 2, line 6 - column 3, line 4 * * figure 4 *;
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 [A]US2003169936  (ZANDI AHMAD [US], et al) [A] 9,10,12 * paragraph [0375] *;
 [X]US2004008785  (TURAGA DEEPAK S [US], et al) [X] 1-12 * paragraph [0017] - paragraph [0026] * * paragraph [0030] * * paragraph [0040] - paragraph [0042] *;
 [A]  - HYUN DUK CHO ET AL, "3-D MEDICAL IMAGE COMPRESSION USING AN ADAPTIVE MODE SELECTION TECHNIQUE IN WAVELET TRANSFORM DOMAIN", PROCEEDINGS OF THE PICTURE CODING SYMPOSIUM, (19990421), pages 91 - 94, XP008005041 [A] 1-12 * section 2. *
 [A]  - HSU W-L ET AL, "VIDEO COMPRESSION USING ADAPTIVE WAVELET PACKET AND DPCM", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, SPIE, BELLINGHAM, VA, US, (1995), vol. 2605, ISSN 0277-786X, pages 158 - 169, XP000921419 [A] 1-12 * section 4. *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.228225
 [A]  - SECKER A ET AL, "Motion-compensated highly scalable video compression using an adaptive 3D wavelet transform based on lifting", PROCEEDINGS 2001 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING. ICIP 2001. THESSALONIKI, GREECE, OCT. 7 - 10, 2001, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING, NEW YORK, NY: IEEE, US, (20011007), vol. 1 OF 3. CONF. 8, ISBN 0-7803-6725-1, pages 1029 - 1032, XP010563942

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2001.958672
 [A]  - OHM J-R, "Complexity and Delay Analysis of MCTF Interframe Wavelet Structures", ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 MPEG02/M8520, (200207), pages 1 - 16, XP002282535
 [A]  - JAE-YONG LEE ET AL, "Motion-compensated layered video coding for playback scalability", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, IEEE, USA, (200105), vol. 11, no. 5, ISSN 1051-8215, pages 619 - 628, XP001096941

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/76.920191
by applicantUS2004008785
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