Appeal No. 1997-3269
Application 07/918,519
displayable representations of the image to construct an image
with additional quantization levels.
Next, we consider the rejection of claims 9, 10 and 13
under 35 U.S.C. § 103. The Examiner sets forth the rejection
starting on page 4 of the Examiner’s answer (answer). The
Examiner asserts on pages 4 and 5 of the answer that Jones
teaches a method for reconstructing an image with additional
signal levels of resolution from two non-dependent
representations of the image. On page 5 of the answer, the
Examiner supports this assertion by reference to Jones’ figure
14, and by stating that “512 image is converted to 1K image in
order to combine the signal with the 1K image to produce 2K
image.” On page 5 of the answer, the Examiner identifies4
that Rosen is relied upon to teach increasing and decreasing
the quantization of signal resolution. Additionally, the
4It is noted that in figure 14, there is an “Encoded 512
Image,” “Decoded 512 Image” and “Encoded 512 Subbands.” We
assume that the Examiner’s rejection is referring to the
“Encoded 512 Subbands” as the “512 Image.” We base this
assumption on the Examiner’s statement that the “512 Image is
converted to 1K Image” and our finding that the “Encoded 512
Subbands” are shown on the right side of figure 14, and
described in column 6, lines 60 and 61, as being combined to
form 1K Subbands, which are then combined with the 1K decoded
Image to form the 2K Image.
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