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(11) EP 0 928 543 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
14.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/28

(21) Application number: 97943959.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04N 7/ 32( . )
H03M 7/ 30( . )
H04N 7/ 50( . )
G06T 9/ 00( . )
H04N 7/ 26( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1997/002637
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/014011 (02.04.1998 Gazette 1998/13)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 27.09.1996 GB 19960020176

(71) Applicant: NDS LIMITED
West Drayton, Middlesex UB7 ODQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • TRIMBOY, Neil, Adrian
    Southampton SO52 9FY (GB)

(74) Representative: Stoakes, Rosemarie Clare 
NDS Limited, Gamma House, Enterprise Road
Chilworth, Hampshire SO16 7NS
Chilworth, Hampshire SO16 7NS (GB)

   


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