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(11) EP 4 566 405 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.06.2025 Bulletin 2025/24

(21) Application number: 23741747.2

(22) Date of filing: 24.07.2023
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04W 72/541(2023.01)
H04L 5/14(2006.01)
H04W 74/08(2024.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
H04W 72/541; H04W 74/0816; H04W 72/20
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2023/070480
(87) International publication number:
WO 2024/028149 (08.02.2024 Gazette 2024/06)
(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: 05.08.2022 EP 22189132

(71) Applicants:
  • Sony Group Corporation
    Tokyo 108-0075 (JP)
  • Sony Europe B.V.
    Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0XW (GB)

    AL 

(72) Inventors:
  • BEALE, Martin Warwick
    Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB)
  • WONG, Shin Horng
    Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB)
  • KUSASHIMA, Naoki
    Basingstoke Hampshire RG22 4SB (GB)

(74) Representative: D Young & Co LLP 
3 Noble Street
London EC2V 7BQ
London EC2V 7BQ (GB)

   


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