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EP4278603 - CONFIGURABLE POSITIONS FOR AUXILIARY INFORMATION INPUT INTO A PICTURE DATA PROCESSING NEURAL NETWORK [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  20.10.2023
Database last updated on 12.07.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  10.10.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  26.05.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip07.06.2024Change: Validation statespublished on 10.07.2024  [2024/28]
07.06.2024Change - extension statespublished on 10.07.2024  [2024/28]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Huawei Administration Building
Bantian
Longgang District
Shenzhen, Guangdong 518129 / CN
[2023/47]
Inventor(s)01 / WANG, Biao
80992 Munich / DE
02 / ALSHINA, Elena Alexandrovna
80992 Munich / DE
03 / GAO, Han
80992 Munich / DE
04 / JIA, Panqi
80992 Munich / DE
05 / KOYUNCU, Esin
80992 Munich / DE
06 / KARABUTOV, Alexander Alexandrovich
Shenzhen Guangdong, 518129 / CN
07 / SOSULNIKOV, Mikhail Vyacheslavovich
Shenzhen Guangdong, 518129 / CN
08 / ESENLIK, Semih
80992 Munich / DE
09 / IKONIN, Sergey Yurievich
Shenzhen Guangdong, 518129 / CN
10 / SOLOVYEV, Timofey Mikhailovich
Shenzhen Guangdong, 518129 / CN
 [2023/47]
Representative(s)Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
Leopoldstraße 4
80802 München / DE
[2023/47]
Application number, filing date21726228.601.04.2021
[2023/47]
WO2021RU00136
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022211657
Date:06.10.2022
Language:EN
[2022/40]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4278603
Date:22.11.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 06.10.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/47]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:EP06.10.2022
ClassificationIPC:H04N19/107, H04N19/46, H04N19/117, H04N19/105
[2023/47]
CPC:
H04N19/107 (EP); G06T9/002 (US); G06T3/4046 (US);
H04N19/105 (EP); H04N19/117 (EP); H04N19/46 (EP);
H04N19/103 (EP); H04N19/132 (EP); H04N19/14 (EP);
H04N19/147 (EP); H04N19/154 (EP); H04N19/157 (EP);
H04N19/177 (EP); H04N19/70 (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 [2023/47]
TitleGerman:KONFIGURIERBARE POSITIONEN FÜR ZUSATZINFORMATIONSEINGABE IN EIN NEURONALES NETZWERK ZUR BILDDATENVERARBEITUNG[2023/47]
English:CONFIGURABLE POSITIONS FOR AUXILIARY INFORMATION INPUT INTO A PICTURE DATA PROCESSING NEURAL NETWORK[2023/47]
French:POSITIONS CONFIGURABLES POUR ENTRÉE D'INFORMATIONS AUXILIAIRES DANS UN RÉSEAU NEURONAL DE TRAITEMENT DE DONNÉES D'IMAGE[2023/47]
Entry into regional phase17.08.2023National basic fee paid 
17.08.2023Designation fee(s) paid 
17.08.2023Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure17.08.2023Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
17.08.2023Examination requested  [2023/47]
17.08.2023Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
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14.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Cited inInternational search[A]US2021014531  (PFAFF JONATHAN [DE], et al) [A] 1,7,18,24,26,36-38 * abstract * * paragraphs [0163] , [0164] * * figure 8 *;
 [XI]  - ZHAO LEI ET AL, "Enhanced Ctu-Level Inter Prediction with Deep Frame Rate Up-Conversion for High Efficiency Video Coding", 2018 25TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING (ICIP), IEEE, (20181007), doi:10.1109/ICIP.2018.8451465, pages 206 - 210, XP033455036 [X] 1,18,36-38 * abstract * * sections 1, 2, 3, 5 * [I] 2-17,19-35

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2018.8451465
 [A]  - Siwei Ma ET AL, "Image and Video Compression With Neural Networks: A Review", (20190410), pages 1 - 16, URL: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1904.03567.pdf, (20210115), XP055765818 [A] 1-38 * abstract * * sections I.-VI. *
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TII.2019.2911708
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DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-3203(01)00178-9
 [A]  - SCHIOPU IONUT ET AL, "CNN-Based Intra-Prediction for Lossless HEVC", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, IEEE, USA, vol. 30, no. 7, doi:10.1109/TCSVT.2019.2940092, ISSN 1051-8215, (20190909), pages 1816 - 1828, (20200701), XP011796774 [A] 1,13,18,31,36-38 * abstract * * sections I., II., III. *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TCSVT.2019.2940092
 [A]  - ALSHINA (HUAWEI) E ET AL, "Description of Exploration Experiments on NN-based video coding", no. JVET-T2023, (20201031), 20. JVET MEETING; 20201007 - 20201016; TELECONFERENCE; (THE JOINT VIDEO EXPLORATION TEAM OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ),, URL: https://jvet-experts.org/doc_end_user/documents/20_Teleconference/wg11/JVET-T2023-v4.zip JVET-T2023_r3/JVET-T2023_r3_clean.docx, (20201031), XP030293658 [A] 1-38 * section "2.1.3 JVET-T0079 AHG11: Neural Network-based In-Loop Filter" * * section "2.2 EE2: NN-based super resolution" *
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