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(88) Date of publication A3: 18.12.2003 (43) Date of publication: 03.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/10 (21) Application number: 01978317.4 (22) Date of filing: 27.08.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/24 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2001/009974 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/021843 (14.03.2002 Gazette 2002/11)

(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: 11.09.2000 US 659182 (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventors: COHEN-SOLAL, Eric NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) STRUBBE, Hugo NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) LEE, Mi-Suen NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Groenendaal, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria  PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)