Appeal No. 2002-1137
Application No. 08/761,854
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to method and apparatus for minimizing image file
naming conflicts related to images captured by a digital camera with respect to images
downloaded to the camera from an external source (e.g., a computer). Representative
claim 16 is reproduced below.1
16. A method for minimizing image naming conflicts in a digital camera that
stores a plurality of images as image data, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) incrementing a count in response to an image being captured, the
count being a non-repeating number of a total number of images captured by the
digital camera;
(b) associating the count with the image data of the captured image;
(c) receiving image data from an external source, wherein the image
data from the external source is associated with a count;
(d) comparing the count associated with the image data from the
external source with the count associated with the image data of the captured
image; and
1 Instant claim 16, as submitted in the amendment filed via facsimile on January 12, 1999, and
additional claims, have been marked through by red ink in the file wrapper as if canceled by an
amendment “E.” Amendment “E,” however, is apparently refers to the reply filed by appellants on March
22, 2000, which did not amend the claims, in response to the final rejection. Further, the outside of the file
wrapper erroneously lists the final rejection (Paper No. 16) as mailing March 22, 2000, with a “certificate of
mailing” date of March 16, 2000. We regard the instant claims as last amended by appellants on
November 22, 1999 (Paper No. 15; COM Nov. 15, 1999). We note that the amendment of Paper No. 15
is also marked through by red ink, as if canceled by amendment “E.”
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