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(43) Date of publication: 09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23 (21) Application number: 98901440.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H04N 7/ 08( . ) H04N 7/ 088( . ) H04N 7/ 081( . ) H04N 7/ 16( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IB1998/000175 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/036568 (20.08.1998 Gazette 1998/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 15.02.1997 GB 19970003192 (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventors: KINGHORN, John, Ritchie NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) JAMES, Shirley, June NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Andrews, Arthur Stanley, et al  Philips Electronics UK Limited Patents and Trade Marks Department Cross Oak Lane Redhill, Surrey RH1 5HA Redhill, Surrey RH1 5HA (GB)