Appeal 2007-0757
Application 09/952,249
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus to reduce
false minutiae in a binary fingerprint image. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced below.
1. A method of reducing false minutiae in a binary image comprising:
determining an estimate of the average inter-ridge line distance;
identifying and removing at least some isolated spurs and ridge-connected
spurs based, at least in part, on the estimate of the average inter-ridge line
distance.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
BOLLE ‘963 US 6,005,963 Dec. 21, 1999
BOLLE ‘895 US 6,072,895 Jun. 6, 2000
REJECTIONS
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Bolle '895 in view of Bolle '963.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the
Examiner and the Appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make
reference to the Examiner's Answer (mailed Jun. 5, 2006) for the reasoning
in support of the rejections, and to Appellants’ Brief (filed Sep. 21, 2005)
and Reply Brief (filed Aug. 7, 2006) for the arguments thereagainst.
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