Appeal No. 95-0792
Application No. 07/828,092
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 26, all of the claims pending in the
application.
The invention relates to an image processing method and
apparatus for improving image recognition rates when applied
to character and figure recognition.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A digital image processing method,
comprising the steps of:
(a) partitioning a multi-dimensional image
comprising a plurality of image elements into
overlapping multi-dimensional regions;
(b) applying a predetermined weighting
function to the image elements within each
region for distinguishing image elements at the
periphery of each region from image elements at
the center of each region, to provide a weighted
image element value for each image element; and
(c) determining a characteristic output of
each region from the weighted image element
values, the characteristic output comprising one
or more characteristics of the input image
within that region.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Bishop et al. (Bishop) 4,589,140 May 13,
1986
Waksman et al. (Waksman) 4,745,633 May 17,
1988
Gold et al. (Gold) 4,748,679 May 31,
1988
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