IN-STREAM LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGE SENSOR DATA - Patent 1559072

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EP 1 559 072 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.12.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/31

(21)	Application number: 03776298.6

(22)	Date of filing: 14.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06T 9/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/032220

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/034331 (22.04.2004 Gazette 2004/17)

(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

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Priority:

11.10.2002 US 417982 P

(71)	Applicant: Smal Camera Technologies, INC.
	Cambridge, MA 02138-1128 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BROOKS, Lane, G. Watertown, MA 02472 (US) FIFE, Keith, G. Stanford, CA 94305 (US)

(74)	Representative: Holm, Maria Linnéa
	Valea ABLindholmspiren 5 417 56 Göteborg 417 56 Göteborg (SE)

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