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(11) EP 2 106 599 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3:
19.03.2009

(43) Date of publication:
07.10.2009 Bulletin 2009/41

(21) Application number: 07750486.8

(22) Date of filing: 13.02.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 9/46(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2007/003653
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/100248 (21.08.2008 Gazette 2008/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(71) Applicant: Olympus Corporation
Tokyo 151-0072 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • AKATSUKA, Yuichiro
    Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 (JP)
  • SHIBASAKI, Takao
    Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 (JP)
  • FURUHASHI, Yukihito
    Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 (JP)
  • ONO, Kazuo
    Hachioji-shi Tokyo 192-8512 (JP)
  • NEUMANN, Ulrich
    Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (US)
  • YOU, Suya
    Arcadia, CA 91006 (US)

(74) Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel 
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE)

   


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