Appeal 2007-2513
Application 09/785,443
Appellants' invention relates to a system for retrieving multimedia
data using color histograms constructed with different color spaces and
different color quantization methods. See generally Specification 6:5-9.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A content-based multimedia retrieval system, comprising:
a first color quantizer which extracts a color histogram of query
multimedia data;
a second color quantizer which extracts a color histogram of
multimedia data to be retrieved; and
a histogram converter which converts the color histogram of
one of the extracted query multimedia data and the multimedia data to
be retrieved into a histogram having a color space and color
quantization method of the other of the extracted query multimedia
data and the multimedia data to be retrieved.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Yaung US 6,512,850 B2 Jan. 28, 2003
(filed Dec. 09, 1998)
Bergman US 6,564,263 B1 May 13, 2003
(filed Dec. 03, 1999)
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, 9 through 11, 13 through 18, and 28 through
33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Bergman.
Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Bergman in view of Yaung.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed August 29, 2005) and to
Appellants' Brief (filed July 13, 2006) and Reply Brief (filed October 28,
2005) for the respective arguments.
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