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(43) Date of publication: 30.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/27 (21) Application number: 02765217.1 (22) Date of filing: 11.09.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04N 7/18, H04N 5/232, G08B 13/194 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2002/003717 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/030550 (10.04.2003 Gazette 2003/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR (30) Priority: 27.09.2001 US 325399 P 07.06.2002 US 165089 03.07.2002 US 189272 (71) Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. 5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)	(72) Inventor: TRAJKOVIC, Miroslav NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL) (74) Representative: Groenendaal, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria  PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220 5600 AE Eindhoven 5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)