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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Frank Boeh, Rosengarten, DE;
Juergen Nowottnick, Hamburg, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In an arrangement for storing a count, which comprises a non-volatile memory ( ) which has at least 3 memory segments ( ), a controller ( ) is provided which stores a new count in one of the memory segments ( ), the controller ( ) for selecting this memory segment ( or) searching for the memory segment whose stored value has a larger difference from the stored values of the other memory segments than the stored values of the other memory segments and which controller, should such a segment exist, selects this segment for storing the new count. If, conversely, no such segment exists, the controller selects a memory segment ( ) in accordance with a selection instruction oriented to the memory contents.