SYMBOL CLASSIFICATION WITH SHAPE FEATURES APPLIED TO NEURAL NETWORK - Patent 1147484

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EP 1 147 484 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	24.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/43

(21)	Application number: 00977487.8

(22)	Date of filing: 02.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06K 9/52

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP0010/897

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0137/211 (25.05.2001 Gazette 2001/21)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

17.11.1999 US 441949

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

(72)	Inventors:
	AGNIHOTRI, Lalitha NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) DIMOTROVA, Nevenka NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

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

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