Appeal No. 1996-3638
Application 08/169,681
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A depth image system, comprising:
decomposition means for decomposing a set of original images of a scene comprising a depth
image, each original image being captured from a different perspective and each original image being
decomposed into a group of multiresolution images forming groups of multiresolution images;
storage coupled to said decomposition means and storing the set of groups of the
multiresolution images as linked images;
recomposition means for retrieving the multiresolution images of the linked images and
reconstructing the original images of the scene at a particular resolution;
depth image production means for combining the reconstructed original images into a depth
image; and
display means for displaying the depth image.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Adelson 4,661,986 Apr. 28, 1987
Katsuta et al. (Katsuta) 4,829,453 May 9, 1989
Melnychuck et al. (Melnychuck) 4,969,204 Nov. 6, 1990
Claims 1 through 3, 6 and 7 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Melnychuck in view of Adelson.
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