Appeal No. 96-1729
Application No. 08/165,795
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A method for reproducing an image which comprises the
steps of:
(a) converting an image to a multi-bit pixel depth
bitmap;
(b) defining a first multi-pixel cell having
particular dimensional attributes from said bitmap, said
cell containing a desired number of pixels and each
pixel bearing a value representative of a shade of gray;
(c) determining a gray level for the first multi-
pixel cell;
(d) dividing the first multi-pixel cell into two
equal groups of alternating pixels with a first one of
said groups being on and a second of said groups being off;
and
(e) deriving a first derivation cell depicting a
maximum apparent gray from said first multi-pixel
cell having said two equal groups of alternating pixels.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Stoffel 4,194,221 Mar. 18, 1980
Chen et al. 4,668,995 May 26, 1987
(Chen)
Roetling 4,730,221 Mar. 8, 1988
Roe 5,121,223 Jun. 9, 1992
Tai 5,258,850 Nov. 2, 1993
Claims 5 through 8 stand rejected under the enablement
provision of 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph. The same
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