(19)
(11) EP 1 380 170 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.11.2003

(43) Date of publication:
14.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/03

(21) Application number: 01996973.2

(22) Date of filing: 12.11.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/24
(86) International application number:
PCT/EP2001/013156
(87) International publication number:
WO 2002/041634 (23.05.2002 Gazette 2002/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

(30) Priority: 14.11.2000 US 712681

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

(72) Inventors:
  • AGNIHOTRI, Lalitha
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • DEVARA, Kavitha, V.
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • DIMITROVA, Nevenka
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Steenbeek, Leonardus Johannes 
PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


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