Appeal No. 1996-3638
Application 08/169,681
We note that Appellants' claim 4 recites capturing at least two original images of a scene as a
set comprising a depth image, the original images captured from different viewpoints. Appellants' claim
4 also recites combining the reconstructed images into a depth image. Similarly, we note Appellants'
claim 8 recites a depth image capture system capturing at least two original images of a scene from
different viewpoints as a set of linked images and a first computer coupled to said depth image capture
system and decomposing the original images into a set of multiresolution images and a second
computer to produce the depth image. We find that in order to produce a depth image, the different
viewpoints would have to be taken from different perspectives. Therefore, we will not sustain the
Examiner's rejection of claims 4, 5, 8 and 9 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Melnychuck and Adelson and further in view of Katsuta for the reasons set forth above.
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