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(11) EP 1 506 484 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
16.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/07

(21) Application number: 03723239.4

(22) Date of filing: 06.05.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 12/14, G06F 15/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2003/005660
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/096199 (20.11.2003 Gazette 2003/47)
(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: 08.05.2002 JP 2002132808
11.06.2002 JP 2002170372

(71) Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Ohta-kuTokyo 146-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • SHIMIZU, Satoshic/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)
  • TANAKA, Shinyac/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)
  • SAKO, Tsukasac/o CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Ohta-ku, Tokyo 146-8501 (JP)

(74) Representative: Weser, Wolfgang, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. 
Weser & Kollegen,Patentanwälte,Radeckestrasse 43
81245 München
81245 München (DE)

   


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