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(11) EP 3 909 232 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
17.11.2021 Bulletin 2021/46

(21) Application number: 19909152.1

(22) Date of filing: 27.12.2019
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 5/232(2006.01)
G03B 37/04(2021.01)
G03B 15/00(2021.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G03B 37/04; G03B 15/00; H04N 5/232
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2019/051579
(87) International publication number:
WO 2020/145212 (16.07.2020 Gazette 2020/29)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL 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
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 11.01.2019 JP 2019003576
23.12.2019 JP 2019231788

(71) Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • WATANABE, Takeshi
    Tokyo 143-8555 (JP)

(74) Representative: SSM Sandmair 
Patentanwälte Rechtsanwalt Partnerschaft mbB Joseph-Wild-Straße 20
81829 München
81829 München (DE)

   


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