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EP About this file: EP2278816

EP2278816 - Post-decoder buffer management for an H.264-SVC MPEG bitstream. [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [2011/04]H.264 decoder for an MPEG 4 bitstream with picture resizing/Instantaneous Decoding Refresh IDR picture
[2011/06]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  28.02.2014
Database last updated on 17.07.2024
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 [2011/04]For all designated states
Panasonic Corporation
1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi
Osaka 571-8501 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / Lim, Chong Soon
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
02 / Foo, Teck Wee
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
03 / Shen, Sheng Mei
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
04 / Kadono, Shinya
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
05 / Kondo, Satoshi
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
06 / Hagai, Makoto
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
07 / Abe, Kiyofumi
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development
Center, Intellectual Property Rights
Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic
Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
 [2013/17]
Former [2011/04]01 / Lim, Chong Soon
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
02 / Foo, Teck Wee
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
03 / Shen, Sheng Mei
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
04 / Kadono, Shinya
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
05 / Kondo, Satoshi
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
06 / Hagai, Makoto
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
07 / Abe, Kiyofumi
Panasonic Corporation, IP Development Center, Intellectual Property Rights Operations Company, 7F OBP Panasonic Tower, 1-61, Shiromi 2-chome,Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi
Osaka 540-6207 / JP
Representative(s)Eisenführ Speiser
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
[N/P]
Former [2011/49]Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner
Postfach 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Former [2011/04]Unland, Jochen Hermann
Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner P.O. Box 10 60 78
28060 Bremen / DE
Application number, filing date10179945.007.07.2003
[2011/04]
Priority number, dateJP2002020278111.07.2002         Original published format: JP 2002202781
JP2002020768117.07.2002         Original published format: JP 2002207681
JP2003000619814.01.2003         Original published format: JP 2003006198
[2011/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A2 Application without search report 
No.:EP2278816
Date:26.01.2011
Language:EN
[2011/04]
Type: A3 Search report 
No.:EP2278816
Date:21.09.2011
Language:EN
[2011/38]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP2278816
Date:24.04.2013
Language:EN
[2013/17]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP13.01.2011
ClassificationIPC:H04N7/26, H04N7/50, H04N21/44, H04N21/234, // H04N7/24, H04N7/46, H04N7/36
[2012/48]
CPC:
H04N19/423 (EP,BR,US); H04N21/44004 (EP,BR,US); H04N19/51 (EP,KR,US);
G06T7/20 (US); G06T1/60 (US); G09G5/18 (US);
H04N19/105 (KR); H04N19/126 (US); H04N19/44 (EP,US);
H04N19/50 (EP,US); H04N19/52 (US); H04N19/55 (EP,US);
H04N19/577 (EP,US); H04N19/61 (EP,US); H04N19/70 (EP,US);
H04N21/23406 (EP,US); G09G2360/12 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2012/22]H04N7/26, H04N7/50, H04N21/44, H04N21/234, // H04N7/24, H04N7/46
Former IPC [2011/38]H04N7/26, H04N7/50, // H04N7/24, H04N7/46
Former IPC [2011/04]H04N7/26
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 [2011/04]
TitleGerman:Post Dekodierer Puffer Verfahren für einen H.264-SVC MPEG Bitstrom.[2012/48]
English:Post-decoder buffer management for an H.264-SVC MPEG bitstream.[2012/48]
French:Méthode de gestion d' un buffer post-décodeur pour un flux MPEG H.264-SVC.[2012/48]
Former [2011/04]H.264 Dekodierer für einen MPEG 4 Bitstrom mit Bildgrösseänderung/Instantaneous Decoding Refresh IDR Bild
Former [2011/04]H.264 decoder for an MPEG 4 bitstream with picture resizing/Instantaneous Decoding Refresh IDR picture
Former [2011/04]Décodeur H.264 pour un flux MPEG4 comprenant un changement de taille d'image/IDR
Examination procedure21.03.2012Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
21.03.2012Examination requested  [2012/18]
03.07.2012Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
16.10.2012Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.12.2012Communication of intention to grant the patent
12.03.2013Fee for grant paid
12.03.2013Fee for publishing/printing paid
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP03741225.1  / EP1406451
EP06122279.0  / EP1742479
EP09152597.2  / EP2053863
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 (EP20030741225) is  29.10.2004
Opposition(s)27.01.2014No opposition filed within time limit [2014/14]
Fees paidRenewal fee
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 03
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 04
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 05
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 06
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 07
27.01.2011Renewal fee patent year 08
01.08.2011Renewal fee patent year 09
31.07.2012Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipHU07.07.2003
CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
MC24.04.2013
RO24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
TR24.04.2013
IE07.07.2013
LU07.07.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
[2015/34]
Former [2015/32]CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
MC24.04.2013
RO24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
TR24.04.2013
IE07.07.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2014/33]CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
MC24.04.2013
RO24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
IE07.07.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2014/14]CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
MC24.04.2013
RO24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2014/11]CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
RO24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2014/10]CY24.04.2013
CZ24.04.2013
EE24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
SK24.04.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2013/52]CY24.04.2013
SI24.04.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2013/50]SI24.04.2013
BG24.07.2013
GR25.07.2013
Former [2013/49]SI24.04.2013
GR25.07.2013
Documents cited:Search[A]EP0729276  (HITACHI LTD [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
 [A]JPH10229563  (SANYO ELECTRIC CO) [A] 1 * abstract *;
 [A]US5909224  (FUNG HEI TAO [US]) [A] 1 * abstract * * column 4, lines 1-40 ** column 2, line 20 - line 34 *;
 [A]EP1011270  (FUJITSU LTD [JP]) [A] 1 * abstract *;
 [A]  - SULLIVAN G, "DRAFT FOR H.263++ ANNEXES U,V, AND W TO RECOMMENDATION H.263", ITU-T H.263++ DRAFT FOR H.263++ ANNEXES U, V AND W TORECOMMENDATION H.263, XX, XX, (20001101), pages 1 - 46, XP000986538 [A] 1 * paragraph [U.3.2.5.16] * * Annex U * * abstract * * paragraph [U.3.2.2] * * Decoder; paragraph [U.4.5] * * paragraphs [W.6.3.12] - [W.6.3.13] * * page 17, paragraph U.3.1.5.5 * * page 3, paragraph U.1 - paragraph U.2 *
Examination   - MISKA M HANNUKSELA ET AL, "Random Access and Time Information", 2. JVT MEETING; 29-01-2002 - 01-02-2002; GENEVA, CH; (JOINT VIDEO TEAMOF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, (20020201), no. JVT-B109, ISSN 0000-0443, XP030005105
    - MISKA M HANNUKSELA ET AL, "Random Access and Time Information: Appendix A. Proposed Changes to Joint Model", 2. JVT MEETING; 29-01-2002 - 01-02-2002; GENEVA, CH; (JOINT VIDEO TEAMOF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, (20020201), no. JVT-B109_Appendix_A, ISSN 0000-0443, XP030005106
    - SCHWARZ H ET AL, "Overview of the Scalable Video Coding Extension of the H.264/AVC Standard", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, IEEE SERVICE CENTER, PISCATAWAY, NJ, US, (20070901), vol. 17, no. 9, doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2007.905532, ISSN 1051-8215, pages 1103 - 1120, XP011193019

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSVT.2007.905532
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