Appeal No. 95-4722
Application 07/946,226
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner's rejection of claims 1-24, which constitute
all the claims in the application. An amendment after final
rejection was filed on December 21, 1994 and was entered by
the examiner. This amendment overcame a rejection of the
claims under the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. § 112 [Advisory
Action, Paper #15].
The claimed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for producing a depth image of a scene based on a
plurality of two-dimensional views of the scene.
Specifically, the depth image is created by processing the
apparent viewing positions of the various two-dimensional
views in a manner which changes the apparent viewing positions
of these views.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of producing a depth image, comprising
the steps of:
(a) capturing views of a scene from various positions using
convergent perspective axis imagers producing apparent viewing
positions;
(b) processing the views changing the apparent viewing
positions; and
(c) creating the depth image from the views.
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