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(11) EP 1 157 558 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
28.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/48

(21) Application number: 00981258.7

(22) Date of filing: 10.11.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04N 7/30
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP0011/295
(87) International publication number:
WO 0141/453 (07.06.2001 Gazette 2001/23)
(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: 30.11.1999 US 451277

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

(72) Inventors:
  • KRISHNAMACHARI, Santhana
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • ABDEL-MOTTALEB, Mohamed
    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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