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(43) Date of publication: 28.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/26 (21) Application number: 98937829.4 (22) Date of filing: 14.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G11B 27/00, G11B 27/031, G11B 27/028, G11B 20/00, G07F 7/00, G07F 17/16, G06F 17/60, G06F 1/00, H04H 1/02, H04N 7/173, G11B 27/34, G11B 27/36 (86) International application number: PCT/JP9803/630 (87) International publication number: WO 9921/186 (29.04.1999 Gazette 1999/17)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE ES FI FR GB IT LI (30) Priority: 16.10.1997 JP 28408497 03.03.1998 JP 5111598 (71) Applicant: Ida, Takahito Kanagawa-ken 253-0085 (JP)	(72) Inventor: Ida, Takahito Kanagawa-ken 253-0085 (JP) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)