Appeal No. 2002-1427
Application No. 08/667,459
be calibrated according to its own parameters, it does not come
close to inter-camera calibration of a multi camera system based
on a reference camera, as required by Appellant’s claim 1. In
that regard, while Parulski indicates that color adjustment of
the signal takes place and Griesshaber used a plurality of
cameras, the references fail to teach or suggest adjusting and
matching the component color characteristics of a camera
according to coefficients computed based on color signals
detected in a reference camera. In fact, Griesshaber teaches
error measurement in each of a plurality of cameras by comparing
the image of an optical test pattern with that of an
electronically generated pattern. Therefore, by merely employing
multiple cameras in Parulski, the combination of the applied
prior art does not teach or suggest that any component color
matching may be done between the cameras and a reference camera.
Thus, the Examiner has failed to establish a prima facie
case of obviousness as the necessary teachings and suggestions to
match the color characteristics of the image signal with that of
a reference camera are not present in the applied prior art.
Accordingly, we do not sustain the rejection of independent
claims 1 and 6 as well as claims 2 and 8, which are dependent
thereupon, under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Parulski and Griesshaber.
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