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EP 4 487 319 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 08.01.2025 Bulletin 2025/02 (21) Application number: 23705432.5 (22) Date of filing: 21.02.2023

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G10L 15/16(2006.01) G10L 15/065(2013.01) G10L 15/22(2006.01) G10L 15/25(2013.01) G10L 15/07(2013.01) G10L 15/02(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G10L 15/25; G10L 15/16; G10L 15/07; G10L 2015/221; G10L 2015/027 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2023/054267 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/165844 (07.09.2023 Gazette 2023/36)

(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 ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 04.03.2022 EP 22160271 (71) Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0014 (JP) Sony Advanced Visual Sensing AG 8952 Schlieren (CH) AL

(72) Inventors: OSSWALD, Marc 70327 Stuttgart (DE) BRÄNDLI, Christian Peter 70327 Stuttgart (DE) (74) Representative: MFG Patentanwälte Meyer-Wildhagen Meggle-Freund Gerhard PartG mbB  Amalienstraße 62 80799 München 80799 München (DE)