Appeal No. 1997-2774
Application No. 08/080,471
supplied to a camera to capture an image of the scene, a
portion of the analog signal is converted to digital, and the
image is transmitted to a display at a remote location, such
as a control station. Claim 44 is illustrative of the claimed
invention, and it reads as follows:
44. A process for capturing a scene comprising the
steps:
detecting a change in a scene, a scene being a visual
perception of objects contained in a predetermined solid
angle;
converting the scene in which a change is detected into
an analog electrical signal from which a replica of the
original scene can be obtained; and
converting a portion of the analog electrical signal into
a sequence of digital samples representative of a portion of a
single image of the scene, the remaining portions of the
analog electrical signal not being used.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Barber et al. (Barber) 4,361,730 Nov. 30,
1982
Coutta et al. (Coutta) 4,510,526 Apr. 09,
1985
Yoshida 4,566,123 Jan. 21,
1986
Beaulier 4,568,981 Feb. 04,
1986
Keesen et al. (Keesen) 4,807,033 Feb. 21,
1989
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