CMOS-COMPATIBLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SENSING USING QUANTUM EFFICIENCY MODULATION - Patent 1356664

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EP 1 356 664 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.02.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	29.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/44

(21)	Application number: 01987386.8

(22)	Date of filing: 11.12.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0148/219

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0204/9339 (20.06.2002 Gazette 2002/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

11.12.2000 US 254873 P
06.06.2001 US 876373

(71)	Applicant: Canesta, Inc.
	San Jose, CA 95134 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BAMJI, Cyrus Fremont, CA 94539 (US) CHARBON, Edoardo Berkeley, CA 94707 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount et al
	BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

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