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(43) Date of publication: 31.07.2024 Bulletin 2024/31 (21) Application number: 22765576.8 (22) Date of filing: 30.08.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01J 3/02(2006.01) G06N 3/02(2006.01) G01J 3/18(2006.01) G01J 3/28(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G01J 3/2823; G01J 3/18; G01J 3/0229; G01J 3/0208; G06N 3/0464; G06N 3/084; G06N 3/0455 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2022/074056 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/046425 (30.03.2023 Gazette 2023/13)

(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: 23.09.2021 EP 21198434 (71) Applicants: Sony Group Corporation Tokyo 108-0075 (JP) Sony Europe B.V. Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW (GB) AL	(72) Inventors: AMANN, Simon 70327 Stuttgart (DE) HAIST, Tobias 70327 Stuttgart (DE) ZIMMERMANN, Markus 70327 Stuttgart (DE) GATTO, Alexander 70327 Stuttgart (DE) (74) Representative: 2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB  Landaubogen 3 81373 München 81373 München (DE)