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EP4121951 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FLOOR PLAN [Right-click to bookmark this link]
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Status updated on  23.12.2022
Database last updated on 10.03.2026
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  11.11.2022
Formerunknown
Status updated on  19.10.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip28.10.2025New entry: Renewal fee paid 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
TENCENT AMERICA LLC
2747 Park Boulevard
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
[2023/04]
Inventor(s)01 / ZHANG, Xiang
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
02 / JIAN, Bing
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
03 / HE, Lu
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
04 / ZHU, Haichao
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
05 / LIU, Shan
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
06 / LIU, Kelin
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
07 / FENG, Weiwei
Palo Alto, CA 94306 / US
 [2023/04]
Representative(s)EP&C
P.O. Box 3241
2280 GE Rijswijk / NL
[2023/04]
Application number, filing date21936246.418.10.2021
[2023/04]
WO2021US55446
Priority number, dateUS202163185949P07.05.2021         Original published format: US 202163185949 P
US20211750252015.10.2021         Original published format: US202117502520
[2023/04]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2022235292
Date:10.11.2022
Language:EN
[2022/45]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4121951
Date:25.01.2023
Language:EN
The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 10.11.2022 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
[2023/04]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:US10.11.2022
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP14.08.2023
ClassificationIPC:G06V10/46, G06V10/40, G06T15/10, G06T19/00, G06F30/13, // G06F111/02
[2023/37]
CPC:
G06T15/10 (EP); G06T11/23 (KR,US); G06T19/00 (EP,KR,US);
G06T7/10 (KR); G06T7/60 (KR,US); G06F2111/02 (EP);
G06T2207/10028 (KR,US); G06T2210/04 (EP); G06T2210/56 (EP);
G06T2219/008 (EP,KR,US) (-)
Former IPC [2023/04]G06V10/46, G06V10/40
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 [2023/04]
TitleGerman:VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINES GRUNDRISSES[2023/04]
English:METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A FLOOR PLAN[2023/04]
French:PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT DE GÉNÉRER UN PLAN DE SOL[2023/04]
Entry into regional phase19.10.2022National basic fee paid 
19.10.2022Search fee paid 
19.10.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
19.10.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure19.10.2022Examination requested  [2023/04]
07.02.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
07.02.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
25.10.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
29.10.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
27.10.2025Renewal fee patent year 05
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Documents cited:Search[XI] CN110599569  (SHANGHAI CRIMINAL SCIENCE TECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE et al.)
 [XI] US10825243  (AKMAN OYTUN et al.) [X] 1,10,11 * the whole document *[I] 2-9
 [I]   HLNE MACHER ET AL: "From Point Clouds to Building Information Models: 3D Semi-Automatic Reconstruction of Indoors of Existing Buildings", APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 7, no. 10, 12 October 2017 (2017-10-12), pages 1030, XP055644041, ISSN: 2076-3417, DOI: 10.3390/app7101030

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app7101030
 [I]   STOJANOVIC VLADETA ET AL: "Generation of Approximate 2D and 3D Floor Plans from 3D Point Clouds", PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION, IMAGING AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01), pages 177 - 184, XP055809934, ISBN: 978-989-7583-54-4, Retrieved from the Internet DOI: 10.5220/0007247601770184 [I] 1-11 * the whole document *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0007247601770184
International search[Y] US2017316115  (LEWIS JEFFERY D et al.)
 [Y] US2015154467  (FENG CHEN et al.)
 [Y] US2018039713  (MROWCA DAMIAN et al.) [Y] 1-20 * , entire document, para [0059]-[0060] *
 [Y]   UUGANBAYAR GANKHUYAG, JI-HYEONG HAN: "Automatic 2D Floorplan CAD Generation from 3D Point Clouds", APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 10, no. 8, 1 January 2020 (2020-01-01), pages 2817, XP055744140, ISSN: 2076-3417, DOI: 10.3390/app10082817

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10082817
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