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(11) EP 1 490 834 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.08.2004

(43) Date of publication:
29.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/53

(21) Application number: 03708399.5

(22) Date of filing: 12.03.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06T 7/40
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2003/001100
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/081533 (02.10.2003 Gazette 2003/40)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 26.03.2002 EP 02076184

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

(72) Inventors:
  • MARCONI, Matteo
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • RIZZI, Andrea
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)
  • TREVISAN, Mario
    NL-5656 AA Eindhoven (NL)

(74) Representative: Groenendaal, Antonius Wilhelmus Maria 
PhilipsIntellectual Property & StandardsP.O. Box 220
5600 AE Eindhoven
5600 AE Eindhoven (NL)

   


(54) CLASSIFYING PIXELS AS NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC IMAGE CONTENT