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EP3309750 - IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  15.12.2023
Database last updated on 05.10.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  08.08.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  11.05.2020
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  02.11.2018
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  22.03.2018
Most recent event   Tooltip08.08.2024Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): SE		published on 11.09.2024  [2024/37]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2 Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku
Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
[2018/16]
Inventor(s)01 / HIGAKI, Yoshinari
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
02 / NISHIYAMA, Tomohiro
c/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome
Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 / JP
 [2018/16]
Representative(s)Canon Europe Limited
European Intellectual Property Group
4 Roundwood Avenue
Stockley Park
Uxbridge UB11 1AF / GB
[2024/03]
Former [2018/16]Garner, Jonathan Charles Stapleton
Canon Europe Ltd
European Patent Department
3 The Square
Stockley Park
Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1ET / GB
Application number, filing date17195945.511.10.2017
[2018/16]
Priority number, dateJP2016020125612.10.2016         Original published format: JP 2016201256
[2018/16]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3309750
Date:18.04.2018
Language:EN
[2018/16]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3309750
Date:17.01.2024
Language:EN
[2024/03]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.12.2017
ClassificationIPC:G06T7/55
[2018/16]
CPC:
G06T7/55 (EP,US); G06T15/205 (US); G06T7/344 (US);
G06T7/60 (US); G06T7/70 (US)
Designated contracting statesAL,   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 [2018/49]
Former [2018/16]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 
TitleGerman:BILDVERARBEITUNGSVORRICHTUNG UND BILDVERARBEITUNGSVERFAHREN[2018/16]
English:IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD[2018/16]
French:APPAREIL DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE ET PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT D'IMAGE[2018/16]
Examination procedure12.07.2018Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
18.10.2018Examination requested  [2018/49]
18.10.2018Date on which the examining division has become responsible
14.05.2020Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
14.09.2020Reply to a communication from the examining division
23.12.2021Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
09.06.2022Reply to a communication from the examining division
09.08.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
08.12.2023Fee for grant paid
08.12.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
08.12.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.10.2019Renewal fee patent year 03
02.11.2020Renewal fee patent year 04
02.11.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
31.10.2022Renewal fee patent year 06
31.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 07
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipAT17.01.2024
BG17.01.2024
ES17.01.2024
FI17.01.2024
HR17.01.2024
LT17.01.2024
LV17.01.2024
NL17.01.2024
PL17.01.2024
SE17.01.2024
NO17.04.2024
RS17.04.2024
GR18.04.2024
IS17.05.2024
PT17.05.2024
[2024/37]
Former [2024/36]AT17.01.2024
BG17.01.2024
ES17.01.2024
FI17.01.2024
HR17.01.2024
LT17.01.2024
LV17.01.2024
NL17.01.2024
PL17.01.2024
NO17.04.2024
RS17.04.2024
GR18.04.2024
IS17.05.2024
PT17.05.2024
Former [2024/35]AT17.01.2024
BG17.01.2024
ES17.01.2024
FI17.01.2024
HR17.01.2024
LT17.01.2024
NL17.01.2024
NO17.04.2024
RS17.04.2024
GR18.04.2024
IS17.05.2024
Former [2024/34]BG17.01.2024
FI17.01.2024
HR17.01.2024
LT17.01.2024
NL17.01.2024
NO17.04.2024
RS17.04.2024
GR18.04.2024
IS17.05.2024
Former [2024/33]LT17.01.2024
NL17.01.2024
NO17.04.2024
IS17.05.2024
Former [2024/32]NL17.01.2024
IS17.05.2024
Former [2024/31]NL17.01.2024
Documents cited:Search[A]US2004104935  (WILLIAMSON TODD [US], et al) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *;
 [XI]US2005088515  (GENG Z J [US]) [X] 1-7,9-11 * Table 1; paragraph [0055]; figure 1 * [I] 8;
 [A]GB2458305  (BRITISH BROADCASTING CORP [GB]) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *;
 [A]EP2239708  (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *;
 [A]WO2013174671  (TELEFONICA SA [ES]) [A] 1-11* the whole document *;
 [A]US2016027179  (TAKAMA YASUFUMI [JP], et al) [A] 1-11 * the whole document *;
 [A]  - HILTON ET AL, "Scene modelling from sparse 3D data", IMAGE AND VISION COMPUTING, ELSEVIER, GUILDFORD, GB, vol. 23, no. 10, ISSN 0262-8856, (20050920), pages 900 - 920, (20050920), XP027617936 [A] 1-11 * the whole document *
Examination   - HANSUNG KIM ET AL, A Real-Time 3D Modeling System Using Multiple Stereo Cameras for Free-Viewpoint Video Generation, IMAGE ANALYSIS AND RECOGNITION LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE;;LNCS, SPRINGER, BERLIN, DE, PAGE(S) 237 - 249, (20060101), ISBN 978-3-540-44894-5, XP019043784
by applicantJPS4839237B
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