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(11) EP 1 101 360 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
23.05.2001 Bulletin 2001/21

(21) Application number: 00931173.9

(22) Date of filing: 04.05.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04N 7/58, H04N 7/52, H04N 7/50, H04N 7/26
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP0004/213
(87) International publication number:
WO 0074/388 (07.12.2000 Gazette 2000/49)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 26.05.1999 EP 99401261

(71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • FERT, Etienne
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Landousy, Christian 
Philips Corporate Intellectual Property,156 Boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris
75008 Paris (FR)

   


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