Appeal No. 96-4092
Application 08/278,363
the sensors is experiencing a defective pixel at that
position. On page 8 of the final rejection, the Examiner
argues that Meise expressly suggests Appellant's claimed
invention of correcting a pixel color and dependence on at
least one further pixel color value of said given pixel. The
Examiner directs us to column 3, lines 13-25.
The issue before us is whether Meise teaches or
suggests Appellant's claimed limitation of correcting a pixel
color based upon a comparison with other colors in a three-
color system. Turning to Meise, we note that Meise teaches
that two or more CCD imagers which have random defects are
optically coupled to form a single image. See abstract.
Meise teaches in column 1, lines 13-15, that CCD imagers
suffer from low yields due to imperfections and defects in the
integrated circuit chips from which they are fabricated.
Meise teaches that two or more of these defective CCD imagers
may be optically coupled to form a single image. See
abstract. Meise teaches that the defective portions of the
CCD imagers are detected at the factory. When a location is
addressed at which one imager has a defective photosensor, the
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