EP0741377A1 - Système de surveillance du trafic routier - Google Patents

Système de surveillance du trafic routier Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP0741377A1
EP0741377A1 EP96105754A EP96105754A EP0741377A1 EP 0741377 A1 EP0741377 A1 EP 0741377A1 EP 96105754 A EP96105754 A EP 96105754A EP 96105754 A EP96105754 A EP 96105754A EP 0741377 A1 EP0741377 A1 EP 0741377A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
sensor
data
image
station
monitoring
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP96105754A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Other versions
EP0741377B1 (fr
Inventor
Albrecht Buchner
Christoph Dipl.-Ing. Buchner
Ulrich Prof.Dr.Ing. Kuipers
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Nemesys Gesellschaft fur Neue Messsysteme Mbh
Original Assignee
Nemesys Gesellschaft fur Neue Messsysteme Mbh
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Nemesys Gesellschaft fur Neue Messsysteme Mbh filed Critical Nemesys Gesellschaft fur Neue Messsysteme Mbh
Publication of EP0741377A1 publication Critical patent/EP0741377A1/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0741377B1 publication Critical patent/EP0741377B1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/01—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled
    • G08G1/017—Detecting movement of traffic to be counted or controlled identifying vehicles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08G—TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
    • G08G1/00—Traffic control systems for road vehicles
    • G08G1/123—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams
    • G08G1/127—Traffic control systems for road vehicles indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams to a central station ; Indicators in a central station

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a system for monitoring road traffic for the purpose of determining violations of the rules, such as driving too fast, driving on when the traffic light is red, the safety distance is too short and / or the like, objects being monitored with at least one object sensor and depending on their sensor-detected movements or Positions output signals are generated as actual values, which are processed in an evaluation device connected to the object sensor and compared with predetermined target or limit values, and a trigger signal is generated in the event of a control violation determined as a deviation of the actual value from the respective predetermined target or limit value , which causes an image of the respective object to be captured by means of a camera together with data about the respective rule violation.
  • violations of the rules such as driving too fast, driving on when the traffic light is red, the safety distance is too short and / or the like
  • objects being monitored with at least one object sensor and depending on their sensor-detected movements or Positions output signals are generated as actual values, which are processed in an evaluation device connected to the object sensor and compared with predetermined target or limit values,
  • laser guns In known traffic monitoring systems, stationary and mobile radar devices or mobile laser measuring devices, so-called laser guns, are primarily used for speed measurement. With the last mentioned laser devices is disadvantageous that due to the highly focused laser beam, the device must be manually tracked the moving object. For this purpose, the device usually has to be held directly in front of the eye, and it has been found that this can endanger the health of the eye of the operator, but also of the occupant (s) of the respective measured vehicle. It is also known to use induction loops in the carriageway or light barriers to measure speed or to check stopping, for example in front of red light signal systems.
  • the known systems consequently work with different types of measuring devices and either without image acquisition, whereby due to the immediate stopping of the respective road user, which is necessary to determine the personal details, a high expenditure of personnel is required, or with a photochemical image acquisition (photography), which also results in a very high level Effort and high costs for maintenance and administration leads.
  • the film material has to be changed manually at certain intervals, transported and processed in a time-consuming manner and finally also evaluated manually to determine the number plate and holder. All of this and also the subsequent sending of administrative fines requires an extraordinarily high amount of personnel and administration. There is also an extremely high failure rate; For example, due to premature consumption of the film material, subsequent rule violations can no longer be detected.
  • the known systems are also at high risk of sabotage or vandalism, whereby destruction or theft of the film material could prevent a previously recorded “traffic offender” from being fined or prosecuted.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide a traffic monitoring system that can be used universally for various types of monitoring situations, with which the time and manpower required for operation and maintenance as well as the risk of sabotage are reduced to a minimum and the detection security can be increased considerably.
  • this is achieved in that, in the event of a violation of the rule, the captured image, together with the associated data, is transmitted as electrical data signals via a data connection to a detection station located away from the object sensor and the evaluation device for the purpose of storage and / or further evaluation.
  • the image and the associated additional data are expediently transmitted immediately after the respective violation of the rules has been recorded, and preferably after the intermediate storage has been carried out in the evaluation device, with the preferably provided intermediate storage providing the possibility of repeated transmission of the image and additional data in the event of a transmission difficulty.
  • the invention thus creates a practically unattended, automatic monitoring system, which significantly reduces the personnel and administrative effort. It is therefore particularly superfluous to replace film material and process it photochemically, since the images are transmitted and evaluated electronically together with the additional data.
  • the immediate transmission of the data also eliminates the risk that images as evidence can be destroyed or stolen, because the destruction of the camera cannot destroy the image, since this, together with the additional information, has already been transmitted in the form of electrical, in particular digital, signals and in particular has been stored on CD-ROM for the purpose of documentation.
  • the advantage here is that there is practically no possibility of an unauthorized intervention in the central detection station.
  • the actual object sensor can in particular in all cases be designed as a distance sensor, preferably a laser sensor, which works according to the transit time method. Stopping or driving through, the speed, the (safety) distance and also the number of vehicles can be determined via the preferably digital evaluation of its time-dependent distance signals.
  • the stopping is determined via the temporal constancy of the time-dependent distance signal, the speed is determined via the time derivative of the distance signal, and the distance between two vehicles is determined by the time difference between two equal levels of the time-dependent distance signal.
  • the distance between two vehicles can e.g. can also be determined in meters using the speed.
  • the number of vehicles, i.e. the respective traffic volume is determined by counting the measurement events or changes in distance.
  • a digital image in particular is automatically recorded, which is then transmitted via an interface is read into a computer module of the evaluation device and there is provided with the case-specific additional information about time, location, speed, distance, etc.
  • the signals can then be compressed, buffered and automatically transmitted to the central recording station via the data connection, in particular via the DeutscheInstitut ISDN network.
  • the vehicle registration number can then be automatically recognized by means of suitable image processing software, and the vehicle owner can then also be automatically determined by means of a suitable computer network.
  • a traffic monitoring system consists as essential "main components" of at least one external monitoring station 2, ie to be arranged at the location of the desired traffic monitoring, and a remote ("central") detection station 4, the monitoring station 2 being connected to the detection station 4 via a data connection 6 , which belongs to a wired (electrical conductor / optical fiber) or wireless (public) data network, in particular to the ISDN network 8 of DeutscheInstitut or to a radio network or digital radio telephone network 10 (see FIG. 3).
  • a large number of external monitoring stations 2 will be provided, each of which is then determined at a specific one Locations or "traffic hotspots" arranged and each connected to the "central" detection station 4 via a data link 6.
  • Each monitoring station 2 is expediently basically of the same type and in particular of a “modular” design; it consists at least of a sensor module 12, an evaluation or computer module 14, a camera module 16 preferably with a flash device module 18, in particular a buffer module 20 and a data interface module 22.
  • the sensor module 12 has an object sensor 24, which is preferably a laser Distance sensor is designed which - in order to make a stationary arrangement possible - advantageously works with an optically widened laser beam 26, which makes tracking the beam with respect to the moving objects 28 (in particular motor vehicles) superfluous.
  • the evaluation or computer module 14 forms the essential part of an evaluation device 30, which evaluates the measured values of the object sensor 24 by suitable computer operations to determine whether there is a rule violation of the respective object 28 or not.
  • the camera module 16 has a camera 32, which is preferably a digital (electronic) single-image camera (e.g. a so-called "CCD camera").
  • a digital (electronic) single-image camera e.g. a so-called "CCD camera”
  • road traffic is now monitored continuously or only during certain times, for example determined by a random generator, by the object sensor 24.
  • the arithmetic evaluation by the evaluation device 30 reveals that a violation of certain traffic rules (Road traffic regulations), a trigger signal is generated which causes the acquisition of an image of the respective object by means of the camera 32 together with data about the respective violation of the rules.
  • the captured image is now transmitted together with the associated data via the data link 6 to the central capture station 4 for the purpose of storage and / or further computational evaluation.
  • the transmission that has taken place is preferably reported back from the detection station 4 to the monitoring station 2 that is transmitting; if there is no response, the data is automatically retransmitted or repeated until the correct response is received.
  • the image and additional data are temporarily stored in the buffer module 20, the data being deleted at the earliest after the transmission feedback has been given.
  • the images and data transmitted as electrical data signals can then be evaluated by calculation in virtually any manner. It is thus possible, in particular, to have an automatic license plate recognition and holder determination, for which purpose the registration station 4 is expediently networked with further data memories 34, for example from vehicle registration offices, and preferably also via data connections 6. Furthermore, an automatic determination of Fines as well as automatic sending of notices of fines.
  • the object sensor can in principle also optionally be designed as a microwave sensor, radio wave sensor, light sensor, ultrasonic sensor or the like.
  • Object sensor 24 can also be used in each case at least two position sensors, such as light barriers, induction loops, capacitive or resistive sensors, to be arranged at a predetermined distance when viewed in the direction of movement of the object.
  • the system according to the invention can advantageously also be equipped with self-monitoring, in particular of the external monitoring stations 2, against sabotage and vandalism.
  • the or each external monitoring station 2 can have at least one additional motion and / or touch detector which, in the event of an approach and / or manipulation by an unauthorized person, triggers an alarm and in particular an alarm transmission via the data connection 6 and / or a detection and Transmission of an image of the unauthorized person.
  • Mutual monitoring of the monitoring stations 2 is thus realized by two cameras 32 in each case, wherein an object 28 can also be “photographed” from the front and rear at the same time.
  • the system according to the invention can advantageously also be used independently of established violations of the rule, for example to carry out searches for stolen vehicles, for example.
  • This reporting function can be an alarm, which is preferably transmitted together with the license plate directly to a predetermined number, for example a police station.
  • the license plate list stored in the monitoring station 2 can advantageously be updated via the data connection 6.
  • the sensor-acquired data are evaluated, in particular with regard to the respective speeds, safety distances and / or the respective traffic volume, in addition also for controlling automatic (electronic) traffic signs or warning signs or the like. This makes it possible, for example, to alert road users early on to sources of danger, such as traffic jams.
  • the monitoring system can also be equipped with additional air quality sensors, in particular pollutant sensors, the output variable of which is preferably also evaluated to control automatic traffic signs or warning signs or the like. Messages to the appropriate authorities and / or media (traffic radio) can also be triggered automatically if impermissibly high concentrations of pollutants are detected.
  • additional air quality sensors in particular pollutant sensors, the output variable of which is preferably also evaluated to control automatic traffic signs or warning signs or the like. Messages to the appropriate authorities and / or media (traffic radio) can also be triggered automatically if impermissibly high concentrations of pollutants are detected.
  • the monitoring stations 2 can advantageously be very easily integrated into light signal systems (traffic lights) and / or traffic signs or can be installed as additional devices.
  • Each monitoring station 2 is basically portable, so that a simple exchange is possible in the event of any malfunctions.
  • the system according to the invention is used to monitor stopping or driving through during the red phase of a light signal system, it can advantageously be "switched” to speed monitoring during the green and yellow phases.
  • the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments shown and described, but also encompasses all embodiments having the same effect in the sense of the invention. Furthermore, the invention has not yet been limited to the combination of features defined in claim 1, but can also be defined by any other combination of specific features of all the individual features disclosed in total. This means that in principle practically every single feature of claim 1 can be omitted or replaced by at least one single feature disclosed elsewhere in the application. In this respect, claim 1 is only to be understood as a first attempt at formulation for an invention.

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Traffic Control Systems (AREA)
  • Road Signs Or Road Markings (AREA)
EP96105754A 1995-05-03 1996-04-12 Système de surveillance du trafic routier Expired - Lifetime EP0741377B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19516083 1995-05-03
DE19516083A DE19516083A1 (de) 1995-05-03 1995-05-03 System zur Überwachung des Straßenverkehrs

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0741377A1 true EP0741377A1 (fr) 1996-11-06
EP0741377B1 EP0741377B1 (fr) 1999-08-04

Family

ID=7760881

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP96105754A Expired - Lifetime EP0741377B1 (fr) 1995-05-03 1996-04-12 Système de surveillance du trafic routier

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP0741377B1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE183006T1 (fr)
DE (2) DE19516083A1 (fr)

Cited By (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999018554A1 (fr) * 1997-10-08 1999-04-15 Tracon Systems, Ltd. Systeme de surveillance video de la circulation routiere
GR980100120A (en) * 1998-04-02 1999-12-31 Panagiotou Andreas Sakellariou Integrated on-line system for digital recording and documentation of offences of the vehicle speed limit
EP0991044A3 (fr) * 1998-09-30 2000-05-17 Deutsche Telekom AG Contrôle et surveillance de circulation commandés par radar
EP1047035A1 (fr) * 1999-04-21 2000-10-25 ROBOT FOTO UND ELECTRONIC GmbH Procédé et dispositif de surveillance du traffic
NL1014644C2 (nl) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-17 Berg Holding B V V D Systeem voor het verzamelen en distribueren van gegevens van snelheidsmeetposten voor snelheidsmetingen aan wegvoertuigen.
WO2001069571A1 (fr) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-20 I.T.Vision Solutions (Proprietary) Limited Detection de la presence d'un vehicule presentant un numero d'enregistrement de vehicule particulier
EP1130558A3 (fr) * 2000-02-25 2001-10-31 Central Research Laboratories Limited Dispositif et procédé de détection de communication par radio
WO2002082401A1 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2002-10-17 Richard Treharne Procede et appareil de surveillance
WO2002086805A1 (fr) * 2001-04-19 2002-10-31 I.T. Vision Solutions (Proprietary) Limited Idenfitication d'objets portant un numero d'identification alphabetique et/ou numerique
WO2002082400A3 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2003-03-06 Persio Walter Bortolotto Systeme et procede de detection et de stockage d'evenements
WO2003052715A1 (fr) * 2001-12-19 2003-06-26 Logobject Ag Procede et dispositif permettant de suivre des objets, en particulier de surveiller la circulation
US6970102B2 (en) 2003-05-05 2005-11-29 Transol Pty Ltd Traffic violation detection, recording and evidence processing system
DE102006060577B3 (de) * 2006-12-19 2008-04-10 Maik Eisold Stationäre Einrichtung zur fotografischen Überwachung von Geschwindigkeitsübertretungen im Straßenverkehr
US8184863B2 (en) 2007-01-05 2012-05-22 American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Video speed detection system
EP2605038A3 (fr) * 2011-12-14 2013-12-04 JENOPTIK Robot GmbH Procédé et dispositif destinés à la détection dýun objet dans un champ radar
CN105336170A (zh) * 2014-08-08 2016-02-17 杭州海康威视系统技术有限公司 交通违法监测方法及其装置

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE10049852A1 (de) * 2000-10-09 2002-04-25 Dirk Wagner Verfahren und System zur Verkehrsüberwachung
DE102005005838A1 (de) * 2005-02-08 2006-08-10 Wienand, Hans-Theo, Dipl.-Ing. Fahrbahnbegrenzungspfosten

Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1993019441A1 (fr) * 1992-03-20 1993-09-30 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation Systeme de surveillance de la circulation

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3422764A1 (de) * 1984-06-20 1986-01-02 Reinhold 7996 Meckenbeuren Fischer System zum aufzeichnen von bildern und zugeordneten daten
DE3727562C2 (de) * 1987-08-19 1993-12-09 Robot Foto Electr Kg Vorrichtung zur Verkehrsüberwachung
DE4105809A1 (de) * 1991-02-23 1992-09-03 Industrieanlagen Betriebsges Dynamische verkehrsflussanalyse und -steuerung mittels bilderkennung
GB2266398A (en) * 1992-04-16 1993-10-27 Traffic Technology Limited Vehicle monitoring apparatus

Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1993019441A1 (fr) * 1992-03-20 1993-09-30 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation Systeme de surveillance de la circulation

Cited By (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1999018554A1 (fr) * 1997-10-08 1999-04-15 Tracon Systems, Ltd. Systeme de surveillance video de la circulation routiere
GR980100120A (en) * 1998-04-02 1999-12-31 Panagiotou Andreas Sakellariou Integrated on-line system for digital recording and documentation of offences of the vehicle speed limit
EP0991044A3 (fr) * 1998-09-30 2000-05-17 Deutsche Telekom AG Contrôle et surveillance de circulation commandés par radar
EP1047035A1 (fr) * 1999-04-21 2000-10-25 ROBOT FOTO UND ELECTRONIC GmbH Procédé et dispositif de surveillance du traffic
EP1130558A3 (fr) * 2000-02-25 2001-10-31 Central Research Laboratories Limited Dispositif et procédé de détection de communication par radio
NL1014644C2 (nl) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-17 Berg Holding B V V D Systeem voor het verzamelen en distribueren van gegevens van snelheidsmeetposten voor snelheidsmetingen aan wegvoertuigen.
WO2001069571A1 (fr) * 2000-03-14 2001-09-20 I.T.Vision Solutions (Proprietary) Limited Detection de la presence d'un vehicule presentant un numero d'enregistrement de vehicule particulier
US6970103B2 (en) 2001-04-04 2005-11-29 Persio Walter Bortolotto System and a method for event detection and storage
WO2002082401A1 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2002-10-17 Richard Treharne Procede et appareil de surveillance
WO2002082400A3 (fr) * 2001-04-04 2003-03-06 Persio Walter Bortolotto Systeme et procede de detection et de stockage d'evenements
WO2002086805A1 (fr) * 2001-04-19 2002-10-31 I.T. Vision Solutions (Proprietary) Limited Idenfitication d'objets portant un numero d'identification alphabetique et/ou numerique
WO2003052715A1 (fr) * 2001-12-19 2003-06-26 Logobject Ag Procede et dispositif permettant de suivre des objets, en particulier de surveiller la circulation
US7880643B2 (en) 2001-12-19 2011-02-01 Logobject Ag Method and device for following objects, particularly for traffic monitoring
US6970102B2 (en) 2003-05-05 2005-11-29 Transol Pty Ltd Traffic violation detection, recording and evidence processing system
US8134693B2 (en) 2003-05-05 2012-03-13 Robert Ciolli Traffic violation detection, recording and evidence processing system
DE102006060577B3 (de) * 2006-12-19 2008-04-10 Maik Eisold Stationäre Einrichtung zur fotografischen Überwachung von Geschwindigkeitsübertretungen im Straßenverkehr
US8184863B2 (en) 2007-01-05 2012-05-22 American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Video speed detection system
US8600116B2 (en) 2007-01-05 2013-12-03 American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Video speed detection system
US9002068B2 (en) 2007-01-05 2015-04-07 American Traffic Solutions, Inc. Video speed detection system
EP2605038A3 (fr) * 2011-12-14 2013-12-04 JENOPTIK Robot GmbH Procédé et dispositif destinés à la détection dýun objet dans un champ radar
CN105336170A (zh) * 2014-08-08 2016-02-17 杭州海康威视系统技术有限公司 交通违法监测方法及其装置
CN105336170B (zh) * 2014-08-08 2017-09-19 杭州海康威视系统技术有限公司 交通违法监测方法及其装置

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
DE19516083A1 (de) 1996-11-07
ATE183006T1 (de) 1999-08-15
EP0741377B1 (fr) 1999-08-04
DE59602586D1 (de) 1999-09-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0741377B1 (fr) Système de surveillance du trafic routier
DE60223913T2 (de) Vorrichtung und verfahren zur erkennung und speicherung von ereignissen
DE3728401A1 (de) Verkehrsueberwachungseinrichtung
EP2701133B1 (fr) Procédés et dispositifs destinés à l'enregistrement d'image d'un véhicule en excès de vitesse
DE3532527C2 (fr)
DE60020420T2 (de) Situationsdarstellungs-Anzeigesystem
EP1358634A1 (fr) Procede de controle pour la collecte de droits de peage
EP1446678B1 (fr) Procede et dispositif pour detecter et classifier des vehicules en deplacement
DE102020203640A1 (de) Tür oder Türanlage und Verfahren zum Betrieb einer solchen
US20190147738A1 (en) Highly accurate system for wrong-way driving detection and deterrence
EP2341367B1 (fr) Procédé et agencement de détection des infractions au code de la route dans une zone de feux de signalisation
DE102013201821B4 (de) Verfahren und System zur Erfassung von Falschfahrern
DE4416813A1 (de) Vorrichtung zur Unterrichtung einer Zentrale über einen nicht betriebsnormalen Stoßvorgang an einem Fahrzeug
DE19603766A1 (de) Verfahren zum Erkennen gerichteter Bewegungen sowie Alarmanlage zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
DE60202328T2 (de) System zur Überwachung und Steuerung der Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit von sich bewegenden Fahrzeugen und zur Untersuchung des Verkehrs auf Strassen und Autobahnen
DE102007032091B3 (de) Verfahren zum Überwachen eines höhengleichen Bahnübergangs
WO1998015934A1 (fr) Dispositif et procede de surveillance de zones de circulation
AT502315B1 (de) Mobiles, kameragestütztes abstands- und geschwindigkeitsmessgerät
DE19818236A1 (de) Vorrichtung zur Überwachung eines Fahrspurwechsels eines Kraftfahrzeuges
EP1099960B1 (fr) Méthode de mesure de disposition et documentation de la distance entre deux véhicules
AT398011B (de) Einrichtung zur überwachung von geschwindigkeitsgrenzen von verkehrsteilnehmern
DE4434131A1 (de) Anordnung und Verfahren zum Detektieren und Lokalisieren von Fahrzeugen
WO2005122104A1 (fr) Dispositif de controle photographique du trafic au moyen d'une camera video
DE29610241U1 (de) Falschfahrer-Warnanlage
DE19802811A1 (de) Rotlichtüberwachungsanlage zur Überwachung von mindestens einer Fahrspur

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 19960412

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 19980507

GRAG Despatch of communication of intention to grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS AGRA

GRAG Despatch of communication of intention to grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS AGRA

GRAH Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS IGRA

GRAH Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOS IGRA

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: THE PATENT HAS BEEN ANNULLED BY A DECISION OF A NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRE;WARNING: LAPSES OF ITALIAN PATENTS WITH EFFECTIVE DATE BEFORE 2007 MAY HAVE OCCURRED AT ANY TIME BEFORE 2007. THE CORRECT EFFECTIVE DATE MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE RECORDED.SCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 19990804

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: THE PATENT HAS BEEN ANNULLED BY A DECISION OF A NATIONAL AUTHORITY

Effective date: 19990804

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 183006

Country of ref document: AT

Date of ref document: 19990815

Kind code of ref document: T

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 59602586

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 19990909

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: GERMAN

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19991104

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 19991104

EN Fr: translation not filed
NLV1 Nl: lapsed or annulled due to failure to fulfill the requirements of art. 29p and 29m of the patents act
GBV Gb: ep patent (uk) treated as always having been void in accordance with gb section 77(7)/1977 [no translation filed]

Effective date: 19990804

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000412

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000412

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000430

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000430

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000430

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20000621

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FD4D

26N No opposition filed
BERE Be: lapsed

Owner name: NEMESYS G.- FUR NEUE MESSSYSTEME M.B.H.

Effective date: 20000430

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20001031

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20120627

Year of fee payment: 17

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20131101

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 59602586

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20131101