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(11) EP 0 865 637 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/39

(21) Application number: 96942113.0

(22) Date of filing: 04.12.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 9/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1996/019132
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/021188 (12.06.1997 Gazette 1997/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.12.1995 US 19950007906P
02.08.1996 US 19960023037P
04.10.1996 US 19960027653P

(71) Applicant: DAVID SARNOFF RESEARCH CENTER, INC.
Princeton, NJ 08543-5300 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • HANNA, Keith, James
    Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
  • BURT, Peter, J.
    Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
  • PELEG, Shmuel
    Princeton, NJ 08540 (US)
  • HERMAN, Joshua, R.
    Robbinsville, NJ 08691 (US)
  • DIXON, Douglas, F.
    Hopewell, NJ 08525 (US)
  • MISHRA, Depan
    Plainsboro, NJ 08536 (US)
  • WIXSON, Lambert, E.
    Rocky Hill, NJ 08553 (US)
  • MANDELBAUM, Robert
    Philadelphia, PA 19102 (US)
  • COYLE, Peter
    Newtown, PA 18940 (US)

(74) Representative: SERJEANTS 
25, The Crescent King Street
Leicester, LE1 6RX
Leicester, LE1 6RX (GB)

   


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