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EP3920003 - POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application has been refused
Status updated on  17.05.2024
Database last updated on 02.09.2024
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  28.10.2022
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  05.11.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip17.05.2024Refusal of applicationpublished on 19.06.2024  [2024/25]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
2/F Baidu Campus
No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street
Haidian District
Beijing 100085 / CN
[N/P]
Former [2021/49]For all designated states
BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
2/F Baidu Campus
No.10 Shangdi 10th Street
Haidian District
Beijing 100085 / CN
Inventor(s)01 / DING, Wendong
Haidian Distict, Beijing / CN
02 / RUI, Xiaofei
Haidian Distict, Beijing / CN
03 / WANG, Gang
Haidian Distict, Beijing / CN
04 / SONG, Shiyu
Sunnyvale, CA 94089 / US
 [2021/49]
Representative(s)Dunlop, Hugh Christopher, et al
Maucher Jenkins
Seventh Floor Offices
Artillery House
11-19 Artillery Row
London SW1P 1RT / GB
[N/P]
Former [2021/49]Lam, Alvin, et al
Maucher Jenkins
26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ / GB
Application number, filing date21164864.725.03.2021
[2021/49]
Priority number, dateCN20201049724402.06.2020         Original published format: CN202010497244
[2021/49]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3920003
Date:08.12.2021
Language:EN
[2021/49]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.09.2021
ClassificationIPC:G05D1/02, G01C21/16, B60W60/00, G01S17/931, G06T7/00
[2021/49]
CPC:
G05D1/0246 (EP,US); B60W60/001 (EP,KR,US); G01C21/165 (CN,KR);
B60W30/18072 (KR); B60W40/02 (KR); G01C21/1656 (EP);
G01C21/18 (EP,CN,KR); G01C21/20 (CN,KR); G01C21/28 (CN,KR);
G05D1/027 (EP); G05D1/0272 (EP); G06F18/25 (US);
G06V20/56 (CN,KR,US); B60W2050/0005 (KR); B60W2050/002 (EP);
B60W2050/005 (KR); B60W2420/403 (EP,KR,US); B60W2420/905 (EP);
B60W2422/70 (US); B60W2520/28 (EP,KR,US); B60W2556/25 (EP);
B60W2556/35 (EP,KR); B60Y2300/18066 (KR); Y02T10/60 (EP) (-)
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 [2021/49]
Extension statesBANot yet paid
MENot yet paid
Validation statesKHNot yet paid
MANot yet paid
MDNot yet paid
TNNot yet paid
TitleGerman:POSITIONIERUNGSVERFAHREN UND -EINRICHTUNG, AUTONOM FAHRENDES FAHRZEUG, ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG UND SPEICHERMEDIUM[2021/49]
English:POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM[2021/49]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL DE POSITIONNEMENT, VÉHICULE DE CONDUITE AUTONOME, DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE ET SUPPORT DE STOCKAGE[2021/49]
Examination procedure25.03.2021Examination requested  [2021/49]
19.05.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
02.11.2022Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
17.02.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
07.02.2024Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 10.04.2024
15.02.2024Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2024/25]
15.02.2024Application refused, date of legal effect [2024/25]
10.04.2024Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
Fees paidRenewal fee
20.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
Penalty fee
Additional fee for renewal fee
31.03.202404   M06   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[XYI]US2017124781  (DOUILLARD BERTRAND ROBERT [US], et al) [X] 1,2,9,10,12-15 * paragraphs [0051] - [0054] - [0068] - [0071] - [0075] , [ 104] - [0106]; figures 1,4,22 * [Y] 4-6 [I] 3,7,8,11;
 [IY]US2019368879  (ROUMELIOTIS STERGIOS I [US], et al) [I] 1-3,7-15 * paragraphs [0029] - [0046] - [0077] - [0080] - [0094] , [0095] , [0105] - [0109]; figure 2 * [Y] 4-6;
 [Y]  - USENKO VLADYSLAV ET AL, "Direct visual-inertial odometry with stereo cameras", 2016 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (ICRA), IEEE, (20160516), doi:10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487335, pages 1885 - 1892, XP032908405 [Y] 4-6 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487335
 [IY]  - LIU JINXU ET AL, "Visual-Inertial Odometry Tightly Coupled with Wheel Encoder Adopting Robust Initialization and Online Extrinsic Calibration", 2019 IEEE/RSJ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTS AND SYSTEMS (IROS), IEEE, (20191103), doi:10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8967607, pages 5391 - 5397, XP033695187 [I] 1-3,7-15 * the whole document * [Y] 4-6

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8967607
 [IY]  - PENG GANG ET AL, "Robust tightly-coupled pose estimation based on monocular vision, inertia and wheel speed", ARXIV.ORG, CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, 201 OLIN LIBRARY CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, NY 14853, (20200303), XP081613584 [I] 1-3,7-15 * the whole document * [Y] 4-6
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