Ex Parte NEIDERMAN et al - Page 6




              Appeal No. 2002-1064                                                                Page 6                
              Application No. 09/126,385                                                                                


                     Claim 19 reads as follows:                                                                         
                            The method of training baggage screening system operators which                             
                     comprises providing a baggage screening system including a monitor and further                     
                     providing means for projecting simulated images of contraband onto said                            
                     monitor.                                                                                           


                     Maron discloses a system for simulating X-ray scanners.  Maron's system                            
              includes a first memory for storing a database of component X-ray images, a second                        
              memory for storing an instruction set and respective relative opacities of the stored                     
              component images, and a computer coupled to the first and second memories and                             
              responsive to the stored instruction set for creating composite X-ray images from the                     
              stored component images.  A display is coupled to the computer for displaying at least                    
              one of the composite X-ray images as a displayed image.  A data entry keyboard is                         
              coupled to the computer to permit data to be entered thereto in accordance with the                       
              stored instruction set.  A selection device is coupled to the computer for comparing the                  
              selected component image with a subset of the stored component images representing                        
              hazardous objects so as to determine whether the selected component image matches                         
              one of the component images in the subset.  The system further includes a reporting                       
              device coupled to the computer for reporting whether a match occurred.                                    












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