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(11) EP 1 509 872 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
02.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/09

(21) Application number: 03731317.8

(22) Date of filing: 22.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06K 9/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2003/016126
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/100710 (04.12.2003 Gazette 2003/49)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 22.05.2002 US 383216 P
31.03.2003 US 404407
01.04.2003 US 405412

(71) Applicant: A4Vision
Cupertino, CA 95014 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • YUKHIN, Artiom
    109004 Moscow (RU)
  • KLIMOV, Andrei
    115407 Moscow (RU)

(74) Representative: Beresford, Keith Denis Lewis et al
BERESFORD & Co.16 High Holborn
London WC1V 6BX
London WC1V 6BX (GB)

   


(54) METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING AND RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN A CONTROLLED WIDE AREA