Appeal No. 95-0792
Application No. 07/828,092
(c) determining a characteristic output of each
region ....
Appellant's other independent claim 15 recites an
apparatus for processing an image having
a plurality of image elements, comprising:
(a) masking means for partitioning a
multidimensional image into overlapping multi-
dimensional regions;
(b) adjusting means ... for applying a
predetermined weighting function to the image
elements within each region ...; and
(c) computing means ... for determining a
characteristic output of each region ....
For claims 1 and 3 through 9, Appellant argues on page 6 of
the brief that the process steps do not directly or indirectly
recite a mathematical algorithm, but instead define physical
processes performed on a digital image pixel data. In regard
to claims 15 through 21, Appellant argues on pages 6 and 7 of
the brief that the claims recite a machine in means-plus-
function form and these means reciting structural elements
must be construed to be the corresponding structure disclosed
in the specification.
In light of Appellant's arguments, we find that claims 1
and 3 through 9 recite subject matter that is a practical
application of processing a digital image pixel data having a
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