Appeal No. 95-0792
Application No. 07/828,092
138 (Fed. Cir. 1986) and Lindemann Maschinenfabrik GMBH v.
American Hoist & Derrick Co., 730 F.2d 1452, 1458, 221 USPQ
481, 485 (Fed. Cir. 1984).
We note that the Examiner did not make clear what
elements in the Gold Figure 7 correspond to the claimed
"multi-dimensional image", "image elements" and "multi-
dimensional regions" as recited in Appellant's claims. As
disclosed on page 5 of Appellant's specification and the
abstract, Figure 5 shows a two-dimensional image 23 which is
divided or partitioned into a plurality of overlapping regions
25, 27, 29 and 31. Appellant further discloses that the
pixels, image elements, within each of these regions are
weighted in accordance with a predetermined function.
Turning to the claim language, Appellant's claim 1
recites "partitioning a multi-dimensional image comprising a
plurality of image elements into overlapping multi-dimensional
regions." Furthermore, we note that claim 1 recites "applying
a predetermined weighting function to the image elements
within each region." We note that Appellant's claim 15
recites similar language.
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