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EP2738711 - Hough transform for circles [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The patent has been granted Status updated on 24.11.2023 Database last updated on 16.07.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 17.07.2023
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 27.10.2017
Most recent event Tooltip	12.07.2024	Lapse of the patent in a contracting state New state(s): SM	published on 14.08.2024 [2024/33]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Analog Devices, Inc. One Analog Way Wilmington, MA 01887 / US
	[2021/34]
Former [2014/23]	For all designated states Analog Devices, Inc. One Technology Way Norwood, MA 02062-9106 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / Poyil, Bijesh Flat No. 3, Jyotsna Apts. 3rd Cross, Wilson Garden 560027 Bangalore / IN
	02 / Sripadarao, Anil M. Ishaavaasyam, 2nd Cross 2nd Main Prashantha Nagar Devanahalli Town 562110 India / IN
	[2014/23]
Representative(s)	Horler, Philip John Withers & Rogers LLP 2 London Bridge London SE1 9RA / GB
	[2023/52]
Former [2014/23]	Beck, Simon Antony Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU / GB
Application number, filing date	13194729.3	27.11.2013
	[2014/23]
Priority number, date	US201213692539	03.12.2012 Original published format: US201213692539
	[2014/23]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP2738711
	Date:	04.06.2014
	Language:	EN
	[2014/23]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP2738711
	Date:	02.12.2015
	Language:	EN
	[2015/49]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP2738711
	Date:	27.12.2023
	Language:	EN
	[2023/52]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	29.10.2015
Classification	IPC:	G06V10/48, G06V20/58, G06V40/18	[2023/32]
	CPC:	G06V10/48 (EP,US); G06T7/00 (KR); G06T7/62 (EP,KR,US); G06V10/40 (KR); G06V20/582 (EP,US); G06V40/193 (EP,US); (+) G06T2207/20061 (KR) (-)
	Former IPC [2014/23]	G06K9/00, G06K9/46
Designated contracting states	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2016/28]
Former [2014/23]	AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR
Title	German:	Hough-Transformation für Kreise	[2014/23]
	English:	Hough transform for circles	[2014/23]
	French:	Transformée de Hough de cercles	[2023/32]
	Former [2014/23]	Transformée de hough de cercles
Examination procedure	01.06.2016	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	01.06.2016	Examination requested [2016/28]
	31.10.2017	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.02.2018	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	11.12.2019	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	26.03.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	15.06.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.10.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.07.2023	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	20.11.2023	Fee for grant paid
	20.11.2023	Fee for publishing/printing paid
	20.11.2023	Receipt 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 31.10.2017
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	11.11.2015	Renewal fee patent year 03
	10.11.2016	Renewal fee patent year 04
	22.11.2017	Renewal fee patent year 05
	22.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	20.11.2019	Renewal fee patent year 07
	19.11.2020	Renewal fee patent year 08
	18.11.2021	Renewal fee patent year 09
	22.11.2022	Renewal fee patent year 10
	22.11.2023	Renewal fee patent year 11
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	ES	27.12.2023
	FI	27.12.2023
	HR	27.12.2023
	LT	27.12.2023
	LV	27.12.2023
	RS	27.12.2023
	SE	27.12.2023
	SM	27.12.2023
	BG	27.03.2024
	NO	27.03.2024
	GR	28.03.2024
	IS	27.04.2024
	[2024/33]
Former [2024/32]	ES	27.12.2023
	FI	27.12.2023
	HR	27.12.2023
	LT	27.12.2023
	LV	27.12.2023
	RS	27.12.2023
	SE	27.12.2023
	BG	27.03.2024
	NO	27.03.2024
	GR	28.03.2024
	IS	27.04.2024
Former [2024/26]	ES	27.12.2023
	FI	27.12.2023
	HR	27.12.2023
	LT	27.12.2023
	LV	27.12.2023
	RS	27.12.2023
	SE	27.12.2023
	BG	27.03.2024
	NO	27.03.2024
	GR	28.03.2024
Former [2024/24]	ES	27.12.2023
	FI	27.12.2023
	HR	27.12.2023
	LT	27.12.2023
	RS	27.12.2023
	SE	27.12.2023
	BG	27.03.2024
	NO	27.03.2024
	GR	28.03.2024
Former [2024/21]	FI	27.12.2023
	LT	27.12.2023
	BG	27.03.2024
	GR	28.03.2024
Former [2024/20]	GR	28.03.2024
Documents cited:	Search	[Y]US2010200660 (MOED MICHAEL C [US], et al) [Y] 5-7 * page 1, paragraph 4 * * page 13, paragraph 111 *;
		[IY] - SU CHEN ET AL, "Accelerating the Hough Transform with CUDA on Graphics Processing Units", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS (PDPTA), (20110719), XP055221107 [I] 1-4,8-15 * abstract * * page 1, column 2, paragraph 2 * * figure 3 * * section 2.3; page 3, column 1, paragraph 2 * [Y] 5-7
		[IY] - DINGDING CHANG ET AL, "Curve Detection Using Inverse Hough Transform as a Parameter Optimization Problem", IEEJ TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, (1995), vol. 115, no. 3, pages 417 - 422, XP055221999 [I] 1-4,8-15 * abstract * * section 2; page 418, column 1 * [Y] 5-7 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1541/ieejeiss1987.115.3_417
		[IY] - MUHAMMAD U K KHAN ET AL, A Swift and Memory Efficient Hough Transform for Systems with Limited Fast Memory, IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION, SPRINGER BERLIN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN, HEIDELBERG, PAGE(S) 297 - 306, (20090706), ISBN 978-3-642-02610-2, XP019122391 [I] 1-4,8-15 * abstract * * section 2, paragraphs 1-2; page 298 * * section 3, paragraphs 1-3; page 299 * * sections 4.2-4.3; page 301 - page 303 * [Y] 5-7 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02611-9_30
		[A] - J. ILLINGWORTH ET AL, "A Survey of Efficient Hough Transform Methods", PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALVEY VISION CONFERENCE 1987, (1987), doi:10.5244/C.1.43, pages 319 - 326, XP055189845 [A] 1-15 * page 321, column 1, paragraph 2 - paragraph 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5244/C.1.43
		[A] - MARCIN SMEREKA ET AL, "Circular Object Detection Using a Modified Hough Transform", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, PL, (2008), vol. 18, no. 1, doi:10.2478/v10006-008-0008-9, ISSN 1641-876X, XP055221126 [A] 1-15 * page 88, column 1, paragraph 2 * * section 4, paragraph 2; page 88 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10006-008-0008-9
		[A] - KNEIP J ET AL, "Memory efficient list based Hough transform for programmable digital signal processors with on-chip caches", PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING WORKSHOP, (19960901), pages 191 - 194, XP010199649 [A] 1-15 * section 1, paragraph 3; page 1 * * section 3; page 192 *
		[A] - R. B. Fisher ET AL, "Dictionary of Computer Vision and Image Processing", Dictionary of Computer Vision and Image Processing, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, (2005), pages 239 - 258, XP055221961 [A] 4 * page 258, column 1, paragraph 5 *

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