Appeal No. 1999-2040
Application No. 08/475,023 Page 18
correction matrix calculation (col. 2, lines 35-43). As shown in
figure 1, a human subject image is taken by a color TV camera.
A/D converter 14 converts the R, G, B signals to digital form
(col. 3, lines 25-40). CG images are inputted from diskette 17
(col. 3, lines 43-45). Color correction circuit 21 performs
color correction of human subject images, CG images, and
character images using a color correction matrix (col. 4, lines
3-6). As shown in figure 3, table data 50a representing pure
color R,G,B CG images are not corrected in gradation, and human
subject image table data 51a is non-linear. As shown in figure
7, compound color CG images have a bent-line table (col. 5, lines
52-62). Characters such as names are entered through the
keyboard and are subjected to the same image processing as CG
images (col. 8, lines 7-11). The gradation-corrected image
signals are transmitted to color-correction circuit 21 (col. 7,
lines 41 and 42). Figure 8 displays a printed identification
card having the composite image. In addition, Oshikoshi
discloses that the human subject image and the CG image can be
composed "at one of before and after" correction of gradation
(col. 9, lines 44-48).
We note that appellants do not provide any specific reasons
to support their conclusionary statement (brief, page 13) that
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