Appeal No. 1996-2822
Application 08/153,916
skill in the art would know how to modify the Kondo reference
in order to obtain an image movement vector detecting means
for detecting an image movement vector representing movement
of an object within an image represented by an image signal
based on both the image signal and the vibration vector as
recited in Appellant's claim 1.
In response, the Examiner argues in the supplemental
answer that Kondo in column 1, lines 13 through 24, discloses
to those skilled in the art the know-how to detect image
movement vectors representing movement of objects within an
image. The Examiner further argues that it is clear from this
discussion in Kondo that those skilled in the art already know
how to detect various kinds of motion including detecting and
tracing the motions of specific images. The Examiner argues
that those skilled in the art do know how to detect image
movement vectors representing movement of an object within
an image and this fact is documented by such references as
Hanna (U.S. Patent No. 5,259,040).
We agree with the Examiner that Kondo fails to teach
an "image movement vector detecting means for detecting an
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