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EP3953896 - HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGE GENERATION WITH PRE-COMBINATION DENOISING [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  26.07.2024
Database last updated on 27.07.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  09.05.2024
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  14.01.2022
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  16.10.2020
Formerunknown
Status updated on  08.05.2020
Most recent event   Tooltip26.07.2024(Expected) grantpublished on 28.08.2024 [2024/35]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
[2022/07]
Inventor(s)01 / MCELVAIN, Jon S.
c/o Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
02 / GISH, Walter C.
c/o Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
03 / WARD, Gregory John
c/o Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
04 / ATKINS, Robin
c/o Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
1275 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103 / US
 [2022/07]
Representative(s)Dolby International AB Patent Group Europe
77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Block C
Grand Canal Docklands
Dublin, D02 VK60 / IE
[2024/35]
Former [2022/07]Dolby International AB Patent Group Europe
Apollo Building, 3E
Herikerbergweg 1-35
1101 CN Amsterdam Zuidoost / NL
Application number, filing date20722182.109.04.2020
[2022/07]
WO2020US27439
Priority number, dateEP2019016861211.04.2019         Original published format: EP 19168612
US201962832617P11.04.2019         Original published format: US 201962832617 P
[2022/07]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2020210472
Date:15.10.2020
Language:EN
[2020/42]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3953896
Date:16.02.2022
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 15.10.2020 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2022/07]
Type: B1 Patent specification
No.:EP3953896
Date:28.08.2024
Language:EN
[2024/35]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP15.10.2020
ClassificationIPC:G06T5/50, G06T5/20, G06T5/70, H04N23/741, H04N23/81, H04N25/13, H04N25/583, H04N23/84
[2024/21]
CPC:
G06T5/70 (EP,US); G06T5/92 (US); G06T5/20 (EP,US);
G06T5/50 (EP,US); H04N23/741 (EP,US); H04N23/81 (EP);
H04N23/84 (EP); H04N25/134 (EP); H04N25/583 (EP);
G06T2207/10144 (EP); G06T2207/20208 (EP,US); G06T2207/20221 (US) (-)
Former IPC [2022/07]G06T5/00, G06T5/50
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 [2022/07]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:HOCHDYNAMISCHE BILDERZEUGUNG MIT VORKOMBINATIONSENTRAUSCHUNG[2022/07]
English:HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGE GENERATION WITH PRE-COMBINATION DENOISING[2022/07]
French:GÉNÉRATION D'IMAGES À PLAGE DYNAMIQUE ÉLEVÉE AVEC DÉBRUITAGE DÉTECTION PAR PRÉ-COMBINAISON[2024/21]
Former [2022/07]GÉNÉRATION D'IMAGE À PLAGE DYNAMIQUE ÉLEVÉE AVEC DÉBRUITAGE À PRÉ-COMBINAISON
Entry into regional phase11.11.2021National basic fee paid 
11.11.2021Designation fee(s) paid 
11.11.2021Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure11.11.2021Examination requested  [2022/07]
11.11.2021Date on which the examining division has become responsible
06.05.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
10.05.2024Communication of intention to grant the patent
24.07.2024Fee for grant paid
24.07.2024Fee for publishing/printing paid
24.07.2024Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Fees paidRenewal fee
31.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 03
20.04.2023Renewal fee patent year 04
18.04.2024Renewal fee patent year 05
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Cited inInternational search[A]US9344639  (MUSATENKO YURIY [US], et al) [A] 1-19 * abstract * * column 4, line 16 - line 47 * * column 6, line 60 - column 7, line 14 * * figures 1-4 *;
 [X]US2016352995  (MIN CHANG-KI [KR], et al) [X] 1-6,13-19 * abstract * * paragraph [0003] * * paragraph [0046] - paragraph [0047] * * paragraph [0053] * * figure 1 *;
 [A]  - KRONANDER JOEL ET AL, "A unified framework for multi-sensor HDR video reconstruction", SIGNAL PROCESSING. IMAGE COMMUNICATION, ELSEVIER SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, AMSTERDAM, NL, (20130914), vol. 29, no. 2, doi:10.1016/J.IMAGE.2013.08.018, ISSN 0923-5965, pages 203 - 215, XP028614696 [A] 1-19 * abstract * * page 206 * * page 209 * * page 213 - page 214 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2013.08.018
 [A]  - Gabriel Eilertsen, "The high dynamic range imaging pipeline", The high dynamic range imaging pipeline, Norrköping, Sweden, (20180601), pages i-ix, 1 - 132, ISBN 978-91-7-685302-3, XP055567686 [A] 1-19 * the whole document *
by applicant   - HE et al., "Guided Image Filtering", IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, (20120000), vol. 35, no. 6, pages 1397 - 1409
    - "Guided Image Filtering", HE et al., Computer Vision - ECCV 2010. ECCV 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, (20100000), vol. 6311
    - KOPF et al., "Joint bilateral upsampling", ACM Trans. Graph., (20070700), vol. 26, page 3
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