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EP About this file: EP2066134

EP2066134 - Method and apparatus for improving the interpolation accuracy of chrominance signals [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2009/23]VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, THEIR DEVICE, THEIR PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM
[2015/09]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  12.02.2021
Database last updated on 14.09.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip12.02.2021Refusal of applicationpublished on 17.03.2021  [2021/11]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
3-1, Otemachi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8116 / JP
[2009/23]
Inventor(s)01 / BANDOH, Yukihiro
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center 9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
02 / KAMIKURA, Kazuto
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center 9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
03 / YASHIMA, Yoshiyuki
c/o NTT Intellectual Property Center 9-11, Midori-cho 3-chome
Musashino-shi Tokyo 180-8585 / JP
 [2009/23]
Representative(s)Ilgart, Jean-Christophe, et al
BREVALEX
95, Rue d'Amsterdam
75378 Paris Cedex 8 / FR
[N/P]
Former [2009/23]Ilgart, Jean-Christophe, et al
BREVALEX 3, rue du Docteur Lancereaux
75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date07829308.105.10.2007
[2009/23]
WO2007JP69570
Priority number, dateJP2006027607410.10.2006         Original published format: JP 2006276074
[2009/23]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2008044637
Date:17.04.2008
Language:JA
[2008/16]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP2066134
Date:03.06.2009
Language:EN
[2009/23]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP17.04.2008
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.12.2010
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/154, H04N19/186, H04N19/117, H04N19/17, H04N19/59, H04N19/172, H04N19/61, H04N19/136
[2015/09]
CPC:
H04N19/59 (EP,US); H04N19/136 (EP,KR,US); H04N11/04 (KR);
H04N19/117 (EP,US); H04N19/154 (EP,US); H04N19/17 (EP,US);
H04N19/172 (EP,US); H04N19/186 (EP,US); H04N19/61 (EP,US) (-)
Former IPC [2009/23]H04N11/04, H04N7/32
Designated contracting statesDE,   ES,   FR,   GB [2009/50]
Former [2009/23]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MT,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Verbesserung der Interpolationsgenauigkeit von Chrominanzsignalen[2015/09]
English:Method and apparatus for improving the interpolation accuracy of chrominance signals[2015/09]
French:Procédé et dispositif pour améliorer la précision d'interpolation d'un signal de chrominance[2015/09]
Former [2009/23]VIDEOKODIERUNGSVERFAHREN UND -DEKODIERUNGSVERFAHREN, VORRICHTUNG DAFÜR, PROGRAMM DAFÜR UND SPEICHERMEDIUM MIT DEM PROGRAMM
Former [2009/23]VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD, THEIR DEVICE, THEIR PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING THE PROGRAM
Former [2009/23]PROCÉDÉS DE CODAGE ET DE DÉCODAGE VIDÉO, LEUR DISPOSITIF, LEUR PROGRAMME, ET LE SUPPORT DE STOCKAGE CONTENANT LE PROGRAMME
Entry into regional phase30.03.2009Translation filed 
30.03.2009National basic fee paid 
30.03.2009Search fee paid 
30.03.2009Designation fee(s) paid 
30.03.2009Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure30.03.2009Examination requested  [2009/23]
12.05.2009Loss of particular rights, legal effect: designated state(s)
26.06.2009Despatch of communication of loss of particular rights: designated state(s) AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, GR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
17.06.2011Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
29.07.2011Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
26.01.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
28.03.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.07.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
17.07.2013Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
15.10.2013Reply to a communication from the examining division
15.06.2015Date of oral proceedings
10.07.2015Minutes of oral proceedings despatched
15.07.2015Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2021/11]
06.10.2020Application refused, date of legal effect [2021/11]
Appeal following examination03.09.2015Appeal received No.  T2208/15
26.10.2015Statement of grounds filed
06.10.2020Result of appeal procedure: appeal of the applicant was rejected
06.10.2020Date of oral proceedings
Divisional application(s)EP12152580.2  / EP2448269
EP12152586.9  / EP2448270
The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is  29.07.2011
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.10.2009Renewal fee patent year 03
25.10.2010Renewal fee patent year 04
20.10.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
19.09.2012Renewal fee patent year 06
30.09.2013Renewal fee patent year 07
23.09.2014Renewal fee patent year 08
28.09.2015Renewal fee patent year 09
28.09.2016Renewal fee patent year 10
29.09.2017Renewal fee patent year 11
25.09.2018Renewal fee patent year 12
25.09.2019Renewal fee patent year 13
23.09.2020Renewal fee patent year 14
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Documents cited:Search[YA]WO03058945  (NOKIA CORP [FI], et al) [Y] 8,16 * the whole document *[A] 7,15,19;
 [IY]US2005053294  (MUKERJEE KUNAL [US], et al) [I] 7,15,19 * abstract * * paragraph [0082] * * paragraph [0122] * * paragraph [0201] * * figure 20 * [Y] 8,16
International search[X]JP2003274190  (CANON KK);
 [X]JP2003274193  (CANON KK);
 [A]JP2006197144  (CANON KK);
 [A]JP2000181438  (NEC CORP);
 [A]JPH06303608  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD)
ExaminationWO9955013
 US6175592
 US2004076333
by applicantJP2006276074
    - HIROSHI SUGITA; AKIRA TAGUCHI, "Chrominance Signal Interpolation of YUV4:2:0 Format Color Images", IEICE (THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS) TRANSACTIONS, (2005), vol. J88-A, no. 6, pages 751 - 760
    - TAKASHI MIURA ET AL., "A Color Image Compression Scheme Based on the Adaptive Orthogonalized Transform - Accelerated by Sorted Dictionary", IEICE (THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS) TRANSACTIONS, (200211), vol. J85-D2, no. 11, pages 1672 - 1682
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