Appeal No. 1997-3269
Application 07/918,519
We find that the scope of independent claims 9 and 13
includes reconstructing an image from two quantized non-
dependent representations of the image, where the
reconstructed image has more quantization levels of resolution
than the two non-dependent representations of the image.
These limitations are found in claim 9, “two quantized non-
dependent representations of the image” and “combining the
converted and non-converted representations to form a combined
representation with additional quantization levels of signal
resolution.” These limitations are also found in claim 13, “a
multiplicity of non-dependent representations of the image”
and “combining the converted and non-converted representations
to form a combined representation with additional quantization
levels of signal resolution.” The term “non-dependent
representation” is defined in Appellants’ specification on
page 2:
a “non-dependent” representation is defined as a
component of a hierarchy that does NOT require
additional information (from other representations
stored in the hierarchy) for display.
Accordingly, we find the scope of claims 9 and 13 to include
reconstruction of an image from two quantized independently
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