Appeal No. 1998-3062
Application 08/425,319
characters are segmented from
character data therefrom and the result of the segmentation
are used for character recognition.
Independent claim 7 is reproduced as follows:
7. An apparatus for segmenting a desired character from
an array of characters, comprising:
an input receiving an array of characters represented as
electronic data;
a computer configured to calculate a field of induction
at points within a proximity of said array of characters and
for determining a character region of each character by using
fields of induction for segmenting a character from the array
of characters; and
an output containing electronic data representing
individual characters from said array of characters.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Kubota, Tadashi et al., "Handwritten Character Recognition
Using Transformation by Field", Systems, Computers, Controls,
vol. 3, No. 3, pgs. 1-9 (May 1972).
Claims 7-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Kubota.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellant and the
Examiner, reference is made to the brief and answer for the
respective details thereof.
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