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EP0708563 - Image decoding device [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Former [1996/17]	Image encoding/decoding device
	[2004/28]
Status	No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 28.10.2005 Database last updated on 24.04.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	17.10.2008	Change - applicant	published on 19.11.2008 [2008/47]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi Osaka 571-8501 / JP
	[2008/47]
Former [2004/52]	For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-0050 / JP
Former [1996/17]	For all designated states MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 1006, Oaza Kadoma Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571 / JP
Inventor(s)	01 / Etoh, Minoru 3-6-301, Myokensaka Katano-shi, Osaka 576 / JP
	[1996/17]
Representative(s)	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Leopoldstrasse 4 80802 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [1996/17]	Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät Maximilianstrasse 58 D-80538 München / DE
Application number, filing date	95116511.7	19.10.1995
	[1996/17]
Priority number, date	JP19940253400	19.10.1994 Original published format: JP 25340094
	JP19940270021	02.11.1994 Original published format: JP 27002194
	JP19950131333	30.05.1995 Original published format: JP 13133395
	[1996/17]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0708563
	Date:	24.04.1996
	Language:	EN
	[1996/17]
	Type:	A3 Search report
	No.:	EP0708563
	Date:	06.05.1999
	[1999/18]
	Type:	B1 Patent specification
	No.:	EP0708563
	Date:	22.12.2004
	Language:	EN
	[2004/52]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	18.03.1999
Classification	IPC:	H04N7/24, H04N7/26	[1998/50]
	CPC:	H04N19/94 (EP,US); H04N19/50 (KR); H04N19/543 (EP,US); H04N19/61 (EP,US); H04N19/20 (EP,US); H04N19/30 (EP,US)
	Former IPC [1996/17]	H04N7/24
Designated contracting states	DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1996/17]
Title	German:	Vorrichtung zur Bilddekodierung	[2004/28]
	English:	Image decoding device	[2004/28]
	French:	Dispositif pour le décodage d'image	[2004/28]
	Former [1996/17]	Vorrichtung zur Bildkodierung/-dekodierung
	Former [1996/17]	Image encoding/decoding device
	Former [1996/17]	Dispositif pour le codage/décodage d'image
Examination procedure	16.07.1999	Examination requested [1999/37]
	17.11.1999	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M07)
	27.06.2000	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	05.11.2001	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	15.03.2002	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	06.03.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	07.07.2003	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	30.07.2003	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	03.02.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	13.02.2004	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	17.05.2004	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	18.06.2004	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	27.10.2004	Fee for grant paid
	27.10.2004	Fee for publishing/printing paid
Opposition(s)	23.09.2005	No opposition filed within time limit [2005/50]
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	29.10.1997	Renewal fee patent year 03
	28.10.1998	Renewal fee patent year 04
	28.10.1999	Renewal fee patent year 05
	26.10.2000	Renewal fee patent year 06
	26.10.2001	Renewal fee patent year 07
	30.10.2002	Renewal fee patent year 08
	30.10.2003	Renewal fee patent year 09
	27.10.2004	Renewal fee patent year 10
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Lapses during opposition Tooltip	IT	22.12.2004
	NL	22.12.2004
	[2008/05]
Former [2006/14]	NL	22.12.2004
Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0330455 (TOSHIBA KK [JP]) [A] 1-4 * column 9, line 20 - column 9, line 28 * * column 9, line 56 - column 10, line 18 * * column 16, line 54 - column 17, line 31 * * figures 11,24 *;
		[A]EP0434429 (CANON KK [JP]) [A] 1-4 * column 7, line 56 - column 10, line 11 * * figure 12 *;
		[X]EP0480353 (VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN [JP]) [X] 9-12 * page 4, line 1 - page 4, line 30 * * page 5, line 1 - page 5, line 34 * * page 6, line 6 - page 6, line 15 * * page 7, line 36 - page 7, line 55 * * figures 1,2,5 *;
		[A]DE4138517 (UNIV HANNOVER [DE]) [A] 23,24 * column 8, line 57 - column 9, line 37 ** figures 7,8A-D *;
		[XA]US5311310 (JOZAWA HIROHISA [US], et al) [X] 9,11 * column 8, line 22 - column 8, line 55 * * figure 2 * [A] 10,12;
		[A] - KYOIL KIM ET AL, "BLOCK ARITHMETIC CODING OF CONTOUR IMAGES", VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND IMAGE PROCESSING '91: VISUAL COMMUNICATION, BOSTON, NOV. 11 - 13, 1991, KOU-HU TZOU;TOSHIO KOGA, (19911111), vol. PART 2, no. VOL. 1605, pages 851 - 862, XP000479291 [A] 1-4 * page 851, line 1 - page 852, line 2 * * page 855, line 27 - page 856, line 8 *
		[X] - TING M Y ET AL, "ERROR-DIFFUSED IMAGE COMPRESSION USING A HALFTONE-TO-GRAY-SCALE DECODER AND PREDICTIVE PRUNED TREE-STRUCTURED VECTOR QUANTIZATION", SID INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS APPLICATIONS SESSION, SEATTLE, MAY 16 - 21, 1993, SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY, (19930516), vol. PART 2, no. VOL. 24, pages 227 - 230, XP000645211 [X] 5-8 * abstract * * page 227, column L, line 35 - page 227, column L, line 46 * * page 228, column L, line 5 - page 228, column R, line 56 *
		[X] - ZHENHUA XIE ET AL, "PREVISUALIZED IMAGE VECTOR QUANTIZATION WITH OPTIMIZED PRE- AND POSTPROCESSORS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, (19911101), vol. 39, no. 11, pages 1662 - 1671, XP000256982 [X] 5-8 * page 1662, column R, line 37 - page 1663, column L, line 23 * * page 1666, column R, line 31 - page 1666, column R, line L * * figure 1 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/26.111447
		[XAY] - WANG J Y A ET AL, "REPRESENTING MOVING IMAGES WITH LAYERS", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING, (19940901), vol. 3, no. 5, pages 625 - 638, XP000476836 [X] 13,14,17,18,22 * abstract * * page 626, column L, line 18 - page 627, column L, line 6 * * page 628, column L, line 5 - page 632, column L, line 53 * * figures 2-4 * [A] 1-4 [Y] 21 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/83.334981
		[XY] - WANG J Y A ET AL, "APPLYING MID-LEVEL VISION TECHNIQUES FOR VIDEO DATA COMPRESSION ANDMANIPULATION", PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPIE, (19940207), vol. 2187, pages 116 - 127, XP000602741 [X] 15,16 * page 116, line 25 - page 117, line 11 * * page 120, line 24 - page 121, line 21 * * figures 2,3 * [Y] 21 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.174945
		[X] - MUSMANN H G ET AL, "OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS-SYNTHESIS CODING OF MOVING IMAGES", SIGNAL PROCESSING: IMAGE COMMUNICATION, (19890101), vol. 1, pages 117 - 138, XP000519208 [X] 13,14 * page 118, column R, line 20 - page 121, column L, line 3 * * figure 3 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0923-5965(89)90005-2
		[X] - WEI LI ET AL, "Morphological segmentation applied to displaced frame difference coding", FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO SIGNAL PROCESSING, BARCELONA, SPAIN, 10-14 MAY 1993, ISSN 0165-1684, Signal Processing, July 1994, Netherlands, vol. 38, no. 1, pages 45 - 56, XP002092630 [X] 23,24 * abstract * * page 49, column L, line 4 - page 51, column R, line 11 * * page 53, column L, line 9 - page 54, column L, line 10 * * figures 5,8 * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-1684(94)90056-6
		[X] - LI W ET AL, "SEGMENTATION BASED CODING OF MOTION COMPENSATED PREDICTION ERROR IMAGES", IMAGE AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL SIGNAL PROCESSING, MINNEAPOLIS, APR. 27 - 30, 1993, INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, (19930427), vol. 5, pages V-357 - V-360, XP000437683 [X] 23,24 * page 358, column L, line 1 - page 359, column L, line 48 *

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