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EP 1 145 243 A3

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(88) Date of publication A3: 07.06.2001 (43) Date of publication A2: 17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42 (21) Application number: 99932846.1 (22) Date of filing: 07.07.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 5/913 (86) International application number: PCT/EP1999/004766 (87) International publication number: WO 2000/004549 (27.01.2000 Gazette 2000/04)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 14.07.1998 US 92727 P 15.06.1999 US 333628 (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventor: EPSTEIN, Michael, A. NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Faessen, Louis Marie Hubertus  PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)
	Remarks: WIPO A3 publication data is not currently available.