Appeal No. 96-2497 Page 2
Application No. 08/314,788
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1 through 7, 11-15, 17, 22 through 25, 34 and 35.
Claims 36 and 39 through 51 have been allowed by the examiner.
Claims 8 through 10, 16, 18 through 21 and 26 through 33 have
been objected to but indicated by the examiner as being
directed to allowable subject matter. Claims 37 and 38 have
been canceled.
The invention pertains to a self-photography apparatus.
More particularly, the disclosed device causes the size of the
resulting facial image in an ID document to be consistent
regardless of the actual size of the subject’s head.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A self-photography apparatus for making a photograph
having at least a facial image of a human object in response to
a start signal inputted by said human subject, said self-
photography apparatus comprising:
an imaging device for picking up an image signal
representing said facial image of said human object;
a detection device connected to said imaging device for
detecting the size of a face of said human object, said
detection device comprising a first mark at a position
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